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Generation of a considerable number of functional mast cells with a high basal level of FcepsilonRI expression from cord blood CD34+ cells by co-culturing them with bone marrow stromal cell line under serum-free conditions.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Jun 2007
Yamaguchi M, Azuma H, Fujihara M, Hamada H, Ikeda H
Abstract excerpt
The number of mast cells (MC) that can be obtained from tissue is limited, making it difficult to study the role of MC. Cultured MC derived from cord blood (CB)-CD34(+) cells proliferate well compared with those derived from adult CD34(+) cells; however, they have been reported to be phenotypically or functionally immature regardless of culture system. For example, very few cells express FcepsilonRI. To resolve...
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