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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2017

A Simple and Rapid Method for Quality Control of Major Histocompatibility Complex-Peptide Monomers by Flow Cytometry.

P Anoop Chandran, Sonja Heidu, Henning Zelba, Barbara Schmid-Horch, Hans-Georg Rammensee, Steve Pascolo, Cécile Gouttefangeas

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2017. 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 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

P Anoop ChandranDepartment of Immunology, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, Eberhard Karls University and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Partner Site Tuebingen , Tuebingen , Germany.
Sonja HeiduDepartment of Immunology, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, Eberhard Karls University and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Partner Site Tuebingen , Tuebingen , Germany.
Henning ZelbaDepartment of Immunology, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, Eberhard Karls University and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Partner Site Tuebingen , Tuebingen , Germany.
Barbara Schmid-HorchCenter for Clinical Transfusion Medicine GmbH, University Hospital , Tuebingen , Germany.
Hans-Georg RammenseeDepartment of Immunology, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, Eberhard Karls University and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Partner Site Tuebingen , Tuebingen , Germany.
Steve PascoloDepartment of Dermatology, University Hospital , Zürich , Switzerland.
Cécile GouttefangeasDepartment of Immunology, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, Eberhard Karls University and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Partner Site Tuebingen , Tuebingen , Germany.
German Cancer Research Center · DEUniversity Hospital of Zurich · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) multimers are essential tools in T cell immunomonitoring, which are employed both in basic and clinical research, as well as for assessing clinical samples during therapy. The generation of MHC monomers loaded with synthetic peptides is an elaborate and time-consuming process. It would be beneficial to assess the quality of these monomers prior to downstream applications. In this technical note, we describe a novel flow cytometry-based, cell-free, quick, and robust assay to check the quality of MHC monomers directly after refolding or after long-term storage.

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antigen-specific T cellsMHC–peptide monomersmultimersquality controlUV-peptide exchange

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PMID28228758
PMCPMC5296342
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