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Cocultivation of umbilical cord blood cells with endothelial cells leads to extensive amplification of competent CD34+CD38- cells.
Experimental hematology - 1 Jul 2000
Rosler E, Brandt J, Chute J, Hoffman R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: In this report, methods to expand the number of human cord blood hematopoietic stem cells were explored. MATERIALS AND METHODS: CD34+ cord blood cells were expanded in the presence of various cytokine combinations in either a stroma-free cell culture system or a preformed porcine microvascular endothelial cell layer. After 7 to 21 days, stem cell number and function were monitored. In addition, the...
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