staining for viability

From: Michal Abel (abelm@necker.fr)
Date: Fri Feb 01 2002 - 15:42:50 EST


I've got a question for the list regarding staining for viability.
I am working with freesed/defrost lymphocytes. One of the drawbacks
of this procedure is the number of death cells, which make higher the
background noise. I wonder what kind of marker should I use for
gating only the alive lymphocytes. Logically, I thought, the best
would be necrosis marker like PI. However, I am not sure if I also
need to eliminate the early apoptotic cells or not ?
I would be grateful if someone could help me resolving this problem.

Thanks,


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Michal Abel, MD, PhD
Laboratory of Clinical Immunology
INSERM U25
Necker Hospital, 161 Rue de Sèvres. Paris
tel: 33 1 44 49 52 23
fax: 33 1 44 49 53 74



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