A new fluorescent-avidin-based method for quantifying basophil activation in whole blood

Publication date: Available online 9 June 2017
Source:Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Author(s): Kaori Mukai, R. Sharon Chinthrajah, Kari C. Nadeau, Mindy Tsai, Nicolas Gaudenzio, Stephen J. Galli

Teaser

We report herein a simple new fluorescent-avidin-based method to detect activated basophils in the whole blood of normal or allergic subjects, and compare this method to a basophil activation test based on detection of CD63.


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