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I want to set up the co-culture experiment using OT-II CD+T cells and splenic DC subsets for checking the CD4+ T cell activation. I was wondering out of the various splenic DC subsets, which DC...
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I wanted to know which marker I should use to sort the splenic macrophages from mice by flow cytometry? Actually I checked the literature and observed that people use CD11b or F4/80 as the marker...
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I have to sort splenic DCs from mice and was wondering which antibody is best to sort splenic DCs. Can I use just mouse anti- CD11c antibody for sorting splenic DCs as CD11c+ cells. Also, how many...
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I want to know whether it is a good idea to measure the IFN-g release by intracellular staining (Flow cytometry) from the in vitro culture of naive splenocytes infected with a specific M....
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I used Zombie aqua dye (fixable viability dye) for the first time to stain splenocytes by Flow cytometry. I mixed the live cells with heat killed cells (heated at 65 degrees for 1 min) in 1:1...
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I am doing mixed lymphocyte reaction for testing the reaction of C57BL/6 splenocytes to Balb/c splenocytes. I cultured the whole splenocytes of Balb/c mice with the irradiated splenocytes of...
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I have to culture splenocytes and retrogenic TB10.4 CD8 T cell clone separately. I was wondering if I should add sodium pyruvate to the RPMI 1640 medium. I usually add 1 mM sodium pyruvate to the...
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02 February 2015 3,929 3 View
I need to culture retrogenic Ag specific CD8 cell clone with splenocytes in presence of an Ag (Class I dependent peptide) and check the proliferation and IFN-gamma expression by flow cytometry....
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I was wondering if anybody has any experience of the durability of Pertussis toxin used for EAE induction in mice. Once it is reconstituted, how long can we use it? Is it feasible to use it fresh...
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I need to stimulate NKT cells for the measurement of IFN-gamma release from these cells by flow cytometry. Can I use a stimulant other than alpha D-galcer to stimulate these cells for this purpose?
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Has anybody irradiated C57/BL6 mice at 400 Rad for adoptive transfer of EAE? In the first attempt, I irradiated C57/BL6 mice at 350 Rad and I could not observe successful induction of disease...
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I tried to stain splenocytes with cocktail containing FITC CD3 and APC NK1.1, but did not get the feasible results. Please suggest the appropriate marker for detecting NKTs in mice splenocytes.
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