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ArticleJournal of immunology research2014

Flow cytometric detection of p38 MAPK phosphorylation and intracellular cytokine expression in peripheral blood subpopulations from patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases.

Athanasios Mavropoulos, Dimitrios P Bogdanos, Christos Liaskos, Timoklia Orfanidou, Theodora Simopoulou, Efterpi Zafiriou, Lazaros I Sakkas, Eirini I Rigopoulou

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Article in Journal of immunology research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Athanasios MavropoulosDepartment of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, 41110 Larissa, Greece ; Cellular Immunotherapy and Molecular Immunodiagnostics, Biomedical Section, Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CE.R.T.H.)/Institute for Research and Technology-Thessaly (I.RE.TE.TH), 41222 Larissa, Greece.
Dimitrios P BogdanosDepartment of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, 41110 Larissa, Greece ; Cellular Immunotherapy and Molecular Immunodiagnostics, Biomedical Section, Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CE.R.T.H.)/Institute for Research and Technology-Thessaly (I.RE.TE.TH), 41222 Larissa, Greece ; Division of Transplantation Immunology and Mucosal Biology, Institute of Liver Studies, King's College London School of Medicine King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK.
Christos LiaskosDepartment of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, 41110 Larissa, Greece ; Cellular Immunotherapy and Molecular Immunodiagnostics, Biomedical Section, Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CE.R.T.H.)/Institute for Research and Technology-Thessaly (I.RE.TE.TH), 41222 Larissa, Greece.
Timoklia OrfanidouCellular Immunotherapy and Molecular Immunodiagnostics, Biomedical Section, Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CE.R.T.H.)/Institute for Research and Technology-Thessaly (I.RE.TE.TH), 41222 Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5485-2220
Theodora SimopoulouDepartment of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, 41110 Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2604-5090
Efterpi ZafiriouDepartment of Dermatology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, 41110 Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6594-7292
Lazaros I SakkasDepartment of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, 41110 Larissa, Greece.
Eirini I RigopoulouDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, 41110 Larissa, Greece.
University of Thessaly · GRCenter for Research and Technology Thessaly · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Flow cytometric analysis of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) signaling cascade is optimally achieved by methanol permeabilization protocols. Such protocols suffer from the difficulties to accurately detect intracellular cytokines and surface epitopes of infrequent cell subpopulations, which are removed by methanol. To overcome these limitations, we have modified methanol-based phosphoflow protocols using several commercially available antibody clones suitable for surface antigens, intracellular cytokines, and p38 MAPK. These included markers of B cells (CD19, CD20, and CD22), T cells (CD3, CD4, and CD8), NK (CD56 and CD7), and dendritic cells (CD11c). We have also tested surface markers of costimulatory molecules, such as CD27. We have successfully determined simultaneous expression of IFN- γ , as well as IL-10, and phosphorylated p38 in cell subsets. The optimized phosphoflow protocol has also been successfully applied in peripheral blood mononuclear cells or purified cell subpopulations from patients with various autoimmune diseases. In conclusion, our refined phosphoflow cytometric approach allows simultaneous detection of p38 MAPK activity and intracellular cytokine expression and could be used as an important tool to study signaling cascades in autoimmunity.

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AdultAntigens, CDAutoimmune DiseasesBiomarkersB-LymphocytesDendritic CellsFemaleGene ExpressionHumansImmunophenotypingInterferon-gammaInterleukin-10Killer Cells, NaturalMaleMiddle Agedp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesAntigens, CDBiomarkersIL10 protein, humanInterferon-gammaInterleukin-10p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases

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PMID24741615
PMCPMC3987974
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