Published in Vaccine Weekly, May 2nd, 2012
Used to quantify the number of memory B cells that can be re-stimulated to produce antibody against a specific antigen, B cell ELISpot enables the activity of antibody-secreting memory B cells to be characterized at a cellular level. This gives a more detailed reading of immune responses in contrast to an ELISA-type assay, which measures total levels of secreted...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2012-05-02)
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