Detection of antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes
Indication:
- quality control of cell-containing blood components, blood products and fresh or cryo-preserved stem cell specimens
- determination of the immune status (e.g. for detection of viruses after a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation)
Required material:
- ca. 0.5 – 1 ml blood of venous origin (in K2EDTA or K3EDTA; peripheral blood or cord blood, bone marrow)
- ca. 0.5 ml apheresis (in ACD)
- cryo-preserved stem cell specimen
Storage and transport of material:
- <24 hours: at 2-6 °C
- at -196 °C (liquid nitrogen)