Improved cytometric analysis of untouched lung leukocytes by enzymatic liquefaction of sputum samples
Abstract Background Phenotyping sputum-resident leukocytes and evaluating their functional status are essential analyses for exploring the cellular basis of pathological processes in the lungs, and flow cytometry is widely recognized as the gold-standard technique to address them. However, sputum-re...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-11-01
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| Series: | Biological Procedures Online |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12575-022-00181-z |