Article
A simple perfusion technique for isolation of maternal intervillous blood mononuclear cells from human placentae.
Journal of immunological methods - 10 Nov 1997
Moore J M, Nahlen B, Ofulla A V, Caba J, Ayisi J, Oloo A, Misore A, Nahmias A J, Lal A A, Udhayakumar V
Abstract excerpt
A noninvasive perfusion method for the recovery of maternal placental (intervillous) blood for use in immunologic assays is described. 60% of the perfused blood samples tested for fetal red blood cell (RBC) contamination were found to be pure maternal blood; in the remainder, fetal RBC contamination, with a single exception, was less than 6%. The intervillous mononuclear cells (IVBMC) isolated from this blood...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
