Flow Cytometry

OHSU offers a full flow cytometry service to aid in the evaluation of a variety of clinical problems such as:

• Diagnosing and following immunodeficiency diseases, both hereditary and acquired (AIDS), using measurement of T-cell and B-cell subsets.
• Distinguishing benign from malignant lymphoid proliferations (leukemia and lymphoma).
• Subclassing leukemias and lymphomas into B-cell, T-cell, and mono- and myelocytic types.
• Following immunosuppressive therapy of transplant patients with OKT3 receptor quantitation, and T-cell and B-cell subsets.
• Diagnosing, assessing prognosis, and determining therapy in breast, bladder and other carcinomas using DNA content and cell cycle analysis.
• Verifying immune activation in patients with symptoms of autoimmune disease, transplant rejection, chronic fatigue syndrome, overexposure to hazardous chemicals, allergy, viral infections, etc.
• Providing miscellaneous testing for bone marrow transplant recipients, neutropenic patients, and for research and educational purposes.
• Diagnosis of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.

The lab is open for routine testing 8am-5pm weekdays and 10am-2pm on weekends and holidays for OKT3 testing only. Arrangements can be made for after-hours services by calling 503 494-2302 during weekday business hours.

Faculty members can be reached by calling 503 494-2302 during regular business hours or by calling the campus operator after hours at 503 494-8311 and asking for the Immunology faculty on-call.