There should be a positive control to check how accurate is intracellular cytokine detection just to avoid any false observation.
Hello, If available in your lab, NK cells treated with IL12.
Otherwise, T cell triggered with a ligand known to induce IFNg should be ok.
alexis
PMA and Iono?
PMA+Ionomycin
PHA+Ionomycin
CD3/CD28-dynal beads
Specific antigenic peptides + APC
If you are doing human PAMCs, FEC (Flu, EBV, CMV) peptide pool can be a good one as it covers a good range of HLA alleles
It is very important to trace the transferred cells in mice to study its mechanistic interactions in vivo.
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