Re: Ficoll effects on CD4:CD8 ratio

From: Howard Shapiro (hms@shapirolab.com)
Date: Wed Mar 29 2000 - 21:05:11 EST


Calman Prussin wrote:


>I have to address a reviewers question regarding the effect of Ficoll on the
>ratio of CD4 to CD8 T cells. Does anyone in Flowland know of published
>articles that have addressed this question?


The references in Practical Flow Cytometry are:

De Paoli P, Villalta D, Battistin S et al: Re: Selective loss of OKT8
lymphocytes on density gradient separation of blood mononuclear cells.  J
Immunol Meths 61:259, 1983
Ritchie AWS, Gray RA, Micklem HS: Right angle light scatter: A necessary
parameter in flow cytofluorimetric analysis of human peripheral blood
mononuclear cells.  J Immunol Meths 64:109-17
Renzi P, Ginns LC: Analysis of T-cell subsets in normal adults.  Comparison
of whole blood lysis technique to Ficoll-Hypaque separation by flow
cytometry.  J Immunol Methods 98:53, 1987

These were in by the 2nd Edition; I didn't look the topic up specifically
for the 3rd because most people were doing whole blood analysis by the time
it was in preparation.

-Howard



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