title: Ex vivo expansion of cord blood-derived stem cells and progenitors.
abstract: Cord blood-derived CD34+ cells have proved superior to adult marrow or elicited peripheral blood in ex vivo cell and progenitor expansion. In addition, cord blood-derived cells with a phenotype and function of early stem cells (e.g., long-term culture-initiating cells) can be expanded in vitro in the presence of a combination of cytokines by 15- to 20-fold over 7-14 days. These observations suggest that ex vivo expansion of cord blood CD34+ cells will permit improved engraftment of adults and will prove effective in retroviral-mediated gene transfection of early stem cell populations.
authors.affiliation: Developmental Hematopoiesis Laboratory, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hoskins
mesh_terms: D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000235:genetics; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002469:Cell Separation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000166:cytology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D016298:Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007378:Interleukins / Q000494:pharmacology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D019089:Stem Cell Factor
chemical_list: D016298:Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors; D007378:Interleukins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D019089:Stem Cell Factor; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor