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Blood stored at 4 degrees C has less immunomodulatory changes than blood kept at room temperature
December 29th, 2005
Blood stored at 4 degrees C has less immunomodulatory changes than blood kept at room temperature.
"Intracytoplasmic detection of leucocyte cytokines has become a powerful tool for the characterization of cytokine-producing cells in heterogeneous cell populations, however, the effect of specimen storage conditions is unknown.
"The aim of this study was to determine the effect of whole blood stored at room temperature (RT) or 4 degrees C, on intracellular cytokine production by T cells and monocytes," researchers in Australia report.
According to G. Hodge and colleagues at Adelaide Women's & Children's Hospital, "In...
Source: Blood Weekly (2005-12-29)
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