Flow cytometry protocols

Leading researchers and experimentalists update the field of flow cytometry with detailed accounts of their many new, improved, and well-tested protocols and applications. Among the cutting-edge methods presented here are techniques for the detection of terminal transferase ion leukemia, intracellular cytokines, intracellular/intranuclear antigens in leukemia and tumors, and cyclins. Protocols for performing functional studies include methods for assessing viability, transmembrane potential, oxidative metabolism, environmental particulate uptake, drug resistance, and cellular pharmacokinetics. The methods for examining DNA address cell cycle analysis, DNA/RNA analysis of solid malignancies, solid-tumor DNA ploidy analysis, apoptosis, and fluorescent in situ hybridization. Protocols for chromosome sorting and 5-6 color analysis are included as advanced methods. The techniques in this volume take advantage of the new instrumentation and probes that have recently been developed to advance the field of flow cytometry and improve standard methods.