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ArticleJournal of immunological methods2015

A novel approach to measuring cell-mediated lympholysis using quantitative flow and imaging cytometry.

G M La Muraglia, M J O'Neil, M L Madariaga, S G Michel, K S Mordecai, J S Allan, J C Madsen, I M Hanekamp, F I Preffer

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Article in Journal of immunological methods, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

G M La MuragliaCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
M J O'NeilCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
M L MadariagaCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
S G MichelCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
K S MordecaiDepartment of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
J S AllanCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
J C MadsenCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
I M HanekampCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
F I PrefferDepartment of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: preffer@helix.mgh.harvard.edu.

Funding

XENOGENIC TOLERANCE IN MICEP01HL018646 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MADSEN, JOREN C · 1985 to 2019
$37.5M
STATISTICAL COREP01CA111519 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI FINKELSTEIN, DIANNE M · 2006 to 2010
$9.3M
Tolerance Strategies in Non-Human Primate Cardiac Allograft RecipientsU01AI094374 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MADSEN, JOREN C · 2010 to 2016
$5.9M
RES FACIL CONST: XENOTRANSPLANTATION, LUNG ALLOGRAFT REJECTION IN SWINEC06RR020135 · NCRR · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SLAVIN, PETER L · 2004 to 2004
$2.7M
Influx Flow CytometerS10OD016372 · OD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI PREFFER, FREDERIC IRA · 2013 to 2013
$600k
ImageStream X Analyzer 2011S10OD012027 · OD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI PREFFER, FREDERIC IRA · 2012 to 2012
$595k
AMELIORATION OF THE DELETERIOUS EFFECTS OF DONOR BRAIN DEATHF32HL117540 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MADARIAGA, MARIA LUCIA · 2013 to 2014
$110k
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA111519NCRR NIH HHS C06 RR020135NCRR NIH HHS C06RR020135-01NHLBI NIH HHS F32 HL117540NHLBI NIH HHS F32HL117540NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL018646NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI094374NIH HHS 1S10OD012027NIH HHS S10 OD012027NIH HHS S10 OD016372
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we established a novel isotope-free approach for the detection of cell-mediated lympholysis (CML) in MHC defined peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) using multiparameter flow and imaging cytometry. CML is an established in vitro assay to detect the presence of cytotoxic effector T-lymphocytes precursors (CTLp). Current methods employed in the identification of CTLp in the context of transplantation are based upon the quantification of chromium ((51)Cr) released from target cells. In order to adapt the assay to flow cytometry, primary porcine PBMC targets were labeled with eFluor670 and incubated with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) mismatched effector cytotoxic lymphocytes (CTLs). With this method, we were able to detect target-specific lysis that was comparable to that observed with the (51)Cr-based assay. In addition, the use of quantitative cell imaging demonstrates the presence of accessory cells involved in the cytotoxic pathway. This innovative technique improves upon the standard (51)Cr release assay by eliminating the need for radioisotopes and provides enhanced characterization of the interactions between effector and target cells. This technique has wide applicability to numerous experimental and clinical models involved with effector-cell interactions.

Indexed as

AnimalsCells, CulturedCytotoxicity, ImmunologicCytotoxicity Tests, ImmunologicFlow CytometryStem CellsSwineSwine, MiniatureT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicCell-mediated lympholysisChromium-51Cytotoxic lymphocyteImaging flow cytometryMajor histocompatibility complexTransplantation

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PMID26516062
PMCPMC4679497

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