Appalacian State University
3 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE
Medicine
Human Skeletal Muscle Biopsy Procedures Using the Modified Bergström Technique
R. Andrew Shanely 1,2, Kevin A. Zwetsloot 2, N. Travis Triplett 2, Mary Pat Meaney 1,2, Gerard E. Farris 3, David C. Nieman 1,2
1Human Performance Laboratory, North Carolina Research Campus, Appalacian State University, 2College of Health Sciences, Appalachian State University, 3Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center NorthEast
The purpose of this video is to present the modified Bergström skeletal muscle biopsy technique on human subjects.
Immunology and Infection
Measuring Granulocyte and Monocyte Phagocytosis and Oxidative Burst Activity in Human Blood
Mary Pat Meaney 1, David C. Nieman 1, Dru A. Henson 2, Qi Jiang 3, Fu-Zhang Wang 3
1Human Performance Laboratory, North Carolina Research Campus, Appalachian State University, 2Department of Biology, Appalachian State University, 3David H. Murdock Research Institute
The purpose of this manuscript is to present a method for measuring monocyte and granulocyte phagocytosis and oxidative burst activity in human blood samples.
Immunology and Infection
Flow Cytometric Analysis of Natural Killer Cell Lytic Activity in Human Whole Blood
Jennifer E. McBride 1, Mary P. Meaney 2, Casey John 2, David C. Nieman 2, Renaud F. Warin 1
1Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Research Campus, 2Human Performance Laboratory, Appalachian State University, North Carolina Research Campus
This work describes an advanced workflow for the accurate and fast determination of NK (Natural Killer) cell count and NK cell cytotoxicity in human blood samples.
