Abstract
Tetrameric MHC/peptide complexes are important tools for analyzing antigen-specific T cells. The in situ use of tetrameric MHC/peptide complexes in viable tissue sections has several shortcomings: it does not allow the execution of multiple analyses on one single biopsy, the storage of the biopsies, and the co-staining of the tetramer-positive cells for various intracellular molecules. We have developed a novel approach using overnight pre-labeling of viable human tissues with MHC/peptide tetramers, followed by cryopreservation and labeling of the cryosections. The visualization of antigen-specific T cells, combined with detection of other membrane, cytoplasmic, or nuclear markers is now feasible.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 78-85 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Immunological Methods |
| Volume | 310 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 20 Mar 2006 |
Keywords
- CD8-positive T-lymphocytes/immunology
- Ex vivo
- Fluorescent Dyes
- Humans
- In situ
- Major Histocompatibility antigens class I
- Minor Histocompatibility antigens
- Staining and labeling methods
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