An accurate and rapid single step protocol for enumeration of cytokine positive T lymphocytes

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September 2, 2020

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Deepa Rajagopal, Linhua Tian, Shiqiu Xiong, Hao-Wei Wang, Jonathan Campbell, Luisa Saraiva, S Vessillier

Abstract

Activation of T lymphocytes leads to differentiation, characterized by the ability to induce production of cytokines. Accurate determination of cellular subsets that secrete particular cytokine(s) is therefore, a significant parameter for functional characterization of an immunological response. The present study was conducted to develop a method to simultaneously measure intracellular cytokine positive CD4 and CD8 positive T cell numbers in a single tube with a no-wash protocol. We report here the development of a simplified, rapid procedure for accurate enumeration cytokine positive cells using BD Trucount tubes. This single step protocol allows for accurate enumeration and characterization of immune cell phenotype.

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Journal of Immunology and Regenerative Medicine

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Keywords

Cytokine positive T lymphocytes, enumeration, flow cytometry, single step protocol, two step protocol, Trucount bead standard, isotype control, INF-r

Citation

Rajagopal, D. , Tian, L. , Xiong, S. , Wang, H. , Campbell, J. , Saraiva, L. and Vessillier, S. (2020), An accurate and rapid single step protocol for enumeration of cytokine positive T lymphocytes, Journal of Immunology and Regenerative Medicine, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=929762 (Accessed October 9, 2025)