RE: rare event analysis

From: Peter Lopez (PeterL@Cytomation.com)
Date: Thu Jul 08 1999 - 13:14:15 EST


Hello David,
	You might want to check references by H.-R. Rodewald- he has
done quite a
bit of work detecting and tracking cells after injection in mice. As a
start, check out
Cell, Vol. 69, 139-150 in the April 3, 1992.

Peter Lopez

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> From:
> David.McFarland@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu[SMTP:David.McFarland@mcmail.vand
> erbilt.edu]
> Sent: 	Wednesday, July 07, 1999 2:20 PM
> To: 	Cytometry Mailing List
> Subject: 	rare event analysis
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I have started running samples for a research project where the
> investigators
> label mouse lymphs with either CFSE or transfect with GFP and then
> transplant
> into another mouse.  After 1 to 7 days they remove tissues from the
> recipient
> mouse (blood, spleen, thymus, lymph node) and try to detect the donor
> cells.
> These events can be very rare (<1%).  They are also labelling two
> other surface
> markers, so it is three color staining.  Any tips on doing this right
> would be
> greatly appreciated.  I am most concerned about the number of events
> to collect
> and what to use for a positive control for CFSE/GFP for compensation.
> Thanks in
> advance.
> 
> David McFarland
> Howard Hughes Medical Institute
> Flow Cytometry Facility
> Vanderbilt University Medical Center
> 
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