Measurement of Induced Cytokines in AIDS Clinical Trials Using Whole Blood: A Preliminary Report
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ROBERT S. WALLIS,* HOWARD M. LEDERMAN, JOHN SPRITZLER, JENNIFER L. DEVERS, DANIEL GEORGES, ADRIANA WEINBERG, SUSAN STEHN, MICHAEL M. LEDERMAN, AND THE ACTG INDUCIBLE CYTOKINES FOCUS GROUP† Department of Medicine, University Hospitals and CWRU School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio; Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado; and Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Immunology and Disease, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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Measurement of induced cytokines in AIDS clinical trials using whole blood: a preliminary report. ACTG Inducible Cytokines Focus Group. AIDS Clinical Trials Group.
Measures of immune function have become increasingly important as endpoints in AIDS clinical trials, with respect to both modulation and reconstitution of immunity by experimental therapies. Measurement of immune function in this setting requires the development of robust analytic approaches suitable for the clinical laboratory. Experiments were performed to evaluate the suitability of using cu...
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