Article
Flt3L enhances the early stem cell compartment after ex vivo amplification of umbilical cord blood CD34+ cells.
Bone marrow transplantation - 1 Jul 1998
De Felice L, Di Pucchio T, Breccia M, Agostini F, Mascolo M G, Guglielmi C, Ricciardi M R, Screnci M, Tafuri A, Carmini D, Arcese W
Abstract excerpt
Umbilical cord blood (UCB) transplant represents a promising therapeutic approach, nevertheless this procedure has been so far almost exclusively used in pediatric patients because of the reduced volume of UCB units. The availability of larger numbers of early and late hematopoietic progenitors b...
Topics
- Adult
- Antigens, CD34
- Blood Cell Count
- Cell Compartmentation
- Cells, Cultured
- Fetal Blood
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells
- Humans
- Leukocyte Common Antigens
- Membrane Proteins
- Phenotype
