Cytokine ELISPOT has become a powerful routine tool for the analysis of disease-as well as vaccine-induced T-cell responses. The method is limited, however, in that only one cytokine at a time is assessed. Fluorospot is based on the principle of ELISPOT, but facilitates the analysis of single cells secreting several cytokines, e.g., polyfunctional T cells, suggested to be of protective importance in various infectious diseases. By detecting each cytokine with a specific fluorophore and analyzing differentially colored spots by fluorophore-specific filter systems, cells producing single or multiple cytokines are identified. Fluorospot maintains the simplicity and sensitivity of the ELISPOT while taking the analysis a step forward toward multiplex analysis. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
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Ahlborg, N., & Axelsson, B. (2012). Dual-and triple-color fluorospot. Methods in Molecular Biology, 792, 77–85. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-325-7_6
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