Article
Prenatal diagnosis from maternal blood: simultaneous immunophenotyping and FISH of fetal nucleated erythrocytes isolated by negative magnetic cell sorting.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Dec 1993
Zheng Y L, Carter N P, Price C M, Colman S M, Milton P J, Hackett G A, Greaves M F, Ferguson-Smith M A
Abstract excerpt
Fetal nucleated cells in the maternal circulation constitute a potential source of cells for the non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of fetal genetic abnormalities. We have investigated the use of the Magnetic Activated Cell Sorter (MACS) for enriching fetal nucleated erythrocytes. Mouse monoclonal antibodies specific for CD45 and CD32 were used to deplete leucocytes from maternal blood using MACS sorting, thus...
Topics
- Cell Separation
- Erythrocytes
- Female
- Fetal Blood
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Magnetics
- Phenotype
