cytokines in serum

[iddavis at vms.cis.pitt.edu]

In article <52960c$knb at maze.dpo.uab.edu>, txpljfg at uabcvsr.seas.ucla.edu () 
writes:
> We have routinely collected plasma samples for cytokine analysis in 
> vacutainers containing EDTA and aprotinin.

...

> On eposting has mentioned that clotted blood is best.

Yes, that was me.  We only used clotted blood to avoid potential problems with
clotting of the plasma later.  I should not have said "best;" I think that 
the two methods are probably going to be equivalent.

Ian Davis					iddavis at vms.cis.pitt.edu