Seven patients underwent a blood cell selection process (apheresis) to harvest a certain population of their white blood cells. (sciencedaily.com)
However, because IFN - γ is widely known to influence several endothelial properties, such as junctional integrity (21) and adhesion molecule expression (22), we elected to remove this cytokine from cultures immediately after the second session of cell selection. (cancerres.aacrjournals.org)
However, Vα14 iNKT cell selection is dependent upon expression of CD1d, a MHC class I - like protein that presents lipids rather than peptides, by other DP thymocytes. (lji.org)