title: Determination of lymphocyte immunophenotypic values for normal full-term cord blood.
abstract: Normal reference values for flow cytometric immunophenotypic lymphocyte markers for cord blood (CB) were determined using sufficient numbers of subjects for clinical laboratory use. Samples from 202 normal gestations were processed by whole blood lysis and analyzed in the following combinations: CD14/45, CD4/3, CD8/3, CD45RA/4, CD29/4, CD56/3, Cd19/3, CD19/10. Thirty-five adult laboratory volunteers were analyzed as controls. When compared to adults, CB showed increased relative percentages of naive T-helper cells, B cells, immature B cells, and CD8+3-cells and decreased T cells, cytotoxic T cells, activated T-helper cells, and large granular lymphocytes (CD56+3+). Significant differences were also found when CB samples were stratified by sex and race. These results provide clinical laboratory normal reference values for lymphocyte markers for CB, demonstrate the need for determining separate standard reference values for significantly different patient populations, provide the basis for future investigation of pathologic gestations and for clinical laboratory applications, and provide insight into early immunologic development.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Motley
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Naus
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000166:cytology*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016131:Lymphocyte Subsets; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D012727:Sex Characteristics
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD