Cytokine flow cytometry analyzes T-cell responses to cytomegalovirus.

2004 SEP 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cytokine flow cytometry analyzes T-cell responses to cytomegalovirus.

"T-cell responses to human cytomegalovirus (CMV) are readily detected in chronically infected adults, and are thought to be important for protection from CMV-related pathology," wrote investigators in the United States.

"Antigen -specific cytokine flow cytometry (CFC) has been used to establish the range of CMV-specific CD4 and CD8 T-cell frequencies in healthy CMV-seropositive (and seronegative) adults," H.T. Maecker and coworkers reported, "as well as the dynamics of these cells over time.

"There are also emerging data regarding the …