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Combination of HOXB4 and Delta-1 ligand improves expansion of cord blood cells.
Blood - 23 Dec 2010
Watts Korashon L, Delaney Colleen, Humphries R Keith, Bernstein Irwin D, Kiem Hans-Peter
Abstract excerpt
Umbilical cord blood (UCB) is an attractive cell source for hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Here we examine whether the combination of homeobox B4 (HOXB4) and Delta-1 ligand (DL) synergize when used together. Monkey and human UCB CD34(+) cells were transduced with a HOXB4-expressing gammaretroviral vector and cultured with DL. Individual and combined effects of HOXB4 and DL were assessed by...
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