Flow Cytometric Analysis of Natural Killer Cell Lytic Activity in Human Whole BloodJennifer 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.