EuroFlow standardization of flow cytometer instrument settings and immunophenotyping protocols
Charles University · Universidad de Salamanca · +12 more institutions
Abstract
The EU-supported EuroFlow Consortium aimed at innovation and standardization of immunophenotyping for diagnosis and classification of hematological malignancies by introducing 8-color flow cytometry with fully standardized laboratory procedures and antibody panels in order to achieve maximally comparable results among different laboratories. This required the selection of optimal combinations of compatible fluorochromes and the design and evaluation of adequate standard operating procedures (SOPs) for instrument setup, fluorescence compensation and sample preparation. Additionally, we developed software tools for the evaluation of individual antibody reagents and antibody panels. Each section describes what…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 14.78
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 65
Authors
21- TKTomáš KalinaCorresponding
Charles University
- JFJuan Flores‐Montero
Universidad de Salamanca, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer
- VHV H J van der Velden
Erasmus MC
- MMM Martín-Ayuso
- SBSebastian Böttcher
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, University of Lübeck
Topics & keywords
- Immunophenotyping
- Standardization
- Medicine
- Medical physics
- Computer science
- Pathology
- Standard operating procedure
- Software
- Industry, innovation and infrastructure