Antigen-specific T cells are difficult to characterize or utilize in therapies due to their extremely low frequency. Herein, we provide a protocol to develop a magnetic particle which can bind to antigen-specific T cells to enrich these cells and then to expand them several hundred-fold for both characterization and therapy.
Hickey, J. W., Schneck, J. P. Enrich and Expand Rare Antigen-specific T Cells with Magnetic Nanoparticles. J. Vis. Exp. (141), e58640, doi:10.3791/58640 (2018).