Main task of this thesis was the development and evaluation of immunological screening protocols for a standardized mouse phenotyping. Therefore, established assays like ELISA and flow cytometry were adapted to "high-throughput" technologies, as well as innovative bead array systems. With the help of these screening protocols, more than 5000 ENU mutagenized mice were tested for the cellular composition of the peripheral blood and the concentration of immunoglobulin subclasses in the blood plasma, and more than 25 new mutant mouse lines with immunological alterations could be established. In addition, the prerequisites and the workflow for a Listeria monozytogenes "challenge screen" of ENU mutagenized was established, in order to be able to specifically identify mouse mutants with defects in the immune response.
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Main task of this thesis was the development and evaluation of immunological screening protocols for a standardized mouse phenotyping. Therefore, established assays like ELISA and flow cytometry were adapted to "high-throughput" technologies, as well as innovative bead array systems. With the help of these screening protocols, more than 5000 ENU mutagenized mice were tested for the cellular composition of the peripheral blood and the concentration of immunoglobulin subclasses in the blood plasma...
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