This chapter describes two methods for measuring the bactericidal activity of neutrophils. These are a new simple fluorescence-based assay, which quantifies bactericidal activity by measuring changes in bacterial fluorescence associated with a loss of membrane potential over time, and a more traditional colony counting protocol. Two variations of these techniques are presented: a "one-step" protocol providing a composite measure of phagocytosis and killing, and a "two-step" protocol that allows calculation of separate rate constants for both of these processes. © 2014 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
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Parker, H. A., Magon, N. J., Green, J. N., Hampton, M. B., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2014). Analysis of neutrophil bactericidal activity. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1124, 291–306. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-845-4_19
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