Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Pathogenesis
IFN-gamma ELISPOT assay measure immune responses in different cell populations
Published in Immunotherapy Weekly, June 28th, 2006
"Quantification of interferon (IFN)-gamma by enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assay is currently used as a surrogate measurement of cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) activity in nonhuman primates, particularly in simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) models.
"Given that noncytotoxic cells and natural killer cells can also release IFN-gamma, quantification of granzyme B (GrB), a molecule secreted predominantly by activated CD8+ T cells, may represent an additional surrogate measurement of CTL activity," researchers in the United States report.
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