Article
Role of macrophage colony-stimulating factor in the differentiation and expansion of monocytes and dendritic cells from CD34+ progenitor cells.
Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) - 1 Apr 1999
Kamps A W, Hendriks D, Smit J W, Vellenga E
Abstract excerpt
The present study focused on whether it is possible to expand monocytic cells from CD34+ progenitor cells by using macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) in the absence and presence of mast cell growth factor (MGF) and IL-6. It was demonstrated that CD34+ cells differentiate without expansion to functional mature monocytic cells in the presence of M-CSF or combinations of M-CSF plus IL-6 and MGF. A...
Topics
- Antigens, CD34
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Division
- Dendritic Cells
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Interleukin-6
- Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
- Monocytes
- Phagocytosis
- Phenotype
- Stem Cell Factor
- Stem Cells
