FLOW CYTOMETRY FUNCTIONAL STUDIES HORMONE ASSAYS
HIV TESTING
MISC. TESTS
PROCESSING/STORAGE OF CELLS & BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS
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FLOW CYTOMETRY – Surface Antigen Phenotyping & Apoptosis Assays

SAMPLES SUBMITTED FOR STAINING AND ANALYSIS

  1. Basic Phenotyping Panels (includes percentage and absolute #)*

    CD4+   $40
    CD3+, CD3+/CD4+, CD3+/CD8+   $90
    CD3+, CD3+/CD4+, CD3+/CD8+, CD3-/CD19+   $125

    CD3+, CD3+/CD4+, CD3+/CD8+, CD3-/CD19+, CD3-/CD56/16+

                                 
      $155
    *gated on CD45+/CD3+ (1) or CD45+ (2-4)    

  2. Advanced Phenotyping Studies

    # stained samples/donor*
    1st Ab 2nd Ab 3rd Ab 4th Ab
    1
    $30 $40 $50 $60
    2
    $50 $70 $90 $110
    3
    $70 $95 $125 $165
    4
    $90 $120 $160

    $210

    5
    $105 $140 $185 $240
    6
    $120 $160 $210 $270
    7
    $135 $180 $235 $300
    8 or more
    +$18/each +$25/each +$30/each +$35/each
    *includes WBC and lymphocyte quantitation


  3. Automated WBC Count with/without differential   $15


  4. Apoptosis Assays

    Propidium iodide (each specimen)   $105
    TUNEL (each specimen)   $180


  5. PROCESSED SAMPLES SUBMITTED ONLY FOR ANALYSIS
    (Minimum charge of 0.5 hour)
      $70/hour



FUNCTIONAL STUDIES

  1. Lymphocyte Proliferation Assay (cost per sample)

    Processing, culturing (1 mitogen), and harvesting  

    $190

    Each additional mitogen   $20
    Antibody co-stimulation (each antibody)   $40
    Cytokine costimulation  

    $40



  2. NK Cytotoxicity by 51Cr or flow cytometry (cost per sample)

    Without cytokine augmentation   $170
    With cytokine augmentation   $200
             
  3. Cytokine production (cost per sample)

    Processing, culturing (1 mitogen), and harvesting   $60
    Each additional mitogen   $10

  4. Cytokines & Chemokines (cost per sample; plasma/serum)

    Testing in singleton       $15
    Testing in duplicate
    • TNF-alpha
    • IL-1-beta
    • IL-6
    • IL-10
    • IL-12
    • IFN-gamma
    • MIP-1-beta
    • RANTES
    • ICAM-1
      $25

  5. Cytokine receptors and activation markers
    (cost per sample; plasma/serum, urine)

    Testing in singleton       $15
    Testing in duplicate
    • Soluble TNF-RII
    • Soluble IL-2R
    • Soluble IL-6R
    • Beta-2 Microglobulin (B2M)
    • Neopterin
    • High sensitive C-Reactive Protein (hsCRP)
    • IL-1RA
      $25


HORMONE ASSAYS

Salivary cortisol (includes total protein)   $15
Cortisol (plasma/serum in singleton)   $15
Cortisol (plasma/serum in duplicate)   $20
Norepinephrine   $30
Epinephrine   $30

 

HIV TESTING

HIV ELISA (cost per sample)   $12
HIV Western Blot (cost per sample)   $60

 

MISC. TESTS

Pregnancy test (urine)   $12
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)   $10

 

PROCESSING/STORAGE OF CELLS & BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS

  1. Serum, plasma, spinal fluid, urine and saliva

    Processing fee (each tube)        $7
    Storage (-70oC) for <1 year (per vial)   $2

  2. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells

    Cell separation & counting (for <2 blood tubes)  

    $25

    Each additional tube of blood   $5
    Aliquoting & labeling (per donor)   $3
    Liquid nitrogen storage for <1 year (per vial)   $3

 

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To set up a study protocol and schedule testing please contact the laboratory:

All specimens for testing should be delivered to room A7-047 CHS.