An integrated approach to dissecting and manipulating hepatic immune cell interactions
Underpinned by cutting-edge research techniques:
- 10-12 colour flow cytometry including MHC/peptide multimers for virus-specific cells
- Flow cytometric and bead sorting of cell subsets;Immunofluoresecence of liver sections (including using TCR-like mAb to identify MHC/peptide complexes);
- Image-stream analysis of cellular interactions;Functional analyses of cellular interactions (between immune cells and between immune and liver-resident cells);
- Isolation and expansion of primary human liver resident cells including stellate cells for in vitro modeling of fibrosis;
- Transduction and expansion of T cells with HBV-specific T cell receptors; Use of lentiviral vectors for gene modification;
- RT-PCR, Microarrays, ELISA, HPLC