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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-4-23
pubmed:abstractText
Cellular immune responses elicited by vaccination are complex and require polychromatic analysis to accurately characterize the phenotype and function of rare, responding cells. Technical challenges and a lack of instrument standardization between research sites have limited the application of polychromatic cytometry in multicenter clinical trials. Two previously developed six-color T cell subset immunophenotyping reagent panels deliberately designed to accommodate three additional low frequency functional measurements were compared for their reproducibility of staining across three different flow cytometers. We repeatedly measured similar T cell subset frequencies between the two reagent panels and across the three different cytometers. Spectral overlap reduced sensitivity in two of the three open measurement channels (PE [IL-2] and APC [IFN gamma]) for one reagent combination, particularly in subsets with low cytokine expression. There was no significant interassay variation for measurements across instrument platforms. Careful panel design will identify reagent combinations that minimize spectral spillover into channels reserved for cytokine measurement and comparable results can be achieved using different cytometers, however, it is important to establish standardized quality control procedures for each instrument to minimize variation between cytometers.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1552-4930
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2008 International Society for Advancement of Cytometry.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
73
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
411-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-5-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Nine-color flow cytometry for accurate measurement of T cell subsets and cytokine responses. Part II: Panel performance across different instrument platforms.
pubmed:affiliation
University of California Davis, Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Davis, CA, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural