Measuring cytotoxicity by bioluminescence imaging outperforms the standard chromium-51 release assay.

The chromium-release assay developed in 1968 is still the most commonly used method to measure cytotoxicity by T cells and by natural killer cells. Target cells are loaded in vitro with radioactive chromium and lysis is determined by measuring chromium in the supernatant released by dying cells. Sin...

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Main Authors: Mobin A Karimi, Eric Lee, Michael H Bachmann, Ana Maria Salicioni, Edward M Behrens, Taku Kambayashi, Cynthia L Baldwin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3929704?pdf=render