| Literature DB >> 1398743 |
H Wemme1, S Pfeifer, R Heck, J Müller-Quernheim.
Abstract
Different methods of lymphocyte proliferation are compared to identify a non-radioactive alternative to 3H-thymidine-test. The enzymatic assays evaluating the turnover of mitochondrial dehydrogenases (MTT-test) and lysosomal hexosaminidase (NAG-test) proved not sensitive enough to substitute for 3H-thymidine incorporation. The incorporation of the nucleotide analog 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) can be exploited using an ELISA-system (enzyme linked immunosorbent assay) employing a monoclonal anti-BrdU antibody to measure cell proliferation. An optimized test protocol of the BrdU-ELISA which fulfills the requirements for a sensitive and practicable non-radioactive alternative to 3H-thymidine-test is presented.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1398743 DOI: 10.1016/S0171-2985(11)80319-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Immunobiology ISSN: 0171-2985 Impact factor: 3.144