Limiting dilution analysis of antigen-specific T cells

Methods Mol Biol. 2009:514:95-105. doi: 10.1007/978-1-60327-527-9_7.

Abstract

Limiting dilution analysis (LDA) has been extensively employed as a quantitative method to estimate the precursor frequency of various T lymphocyte subsets according to their functional properties in vitro. We describe here an example of LDA experiment assessing antigen-specific T cell proliferation of microcultures in the presence or absence of adjuvant and illustrate how to estimate the frequencies of precursor T cells using an online tool that we made publicly available.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antigens / immunology*
  • Cell Proliferation / radiation effects
  • Cross-Priming / immunology
  • Cross-Priming / radiation effects
  • Cytokines / metabolism
  • Epitopes / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Techniques*
  • Stem Cells / cytology
  • Stem Cells / radiation effects
  • T-Lymphocytes / cytology
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • T-Lymphocytes / radiation effects

Substances

  • Antigens
  • Cytokines
  • Epitopes