RBC lysis problem in lymphocyte studies

From: Maciej Simm (simmmmer@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Jun 18 1999 - 16:29:26 EST


Hello, 

We're experiencing consistnat difficulties w/lysing of RBC in 
lymphocyte immunoaphenotyping. Our diff. is in the "noise" around
the lymphocyte population, so that we can't do significant numerical
analysis. The problem is usually conicident with young patients who
are receiving a lot blood transfusions (such as THAL patients). We
think that their RBC's are too strong for our lysis protocol. But at
the same time we need to preserve the lymphocyte cell membranes b/c
we're staining for a variety of CD markers. If anyone has any insight
in this are please don't hesitate to share ;)

Maciej Simm

Research Technician
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

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