title: Ex vivo expansion of hematopoietic precursor cells.
abstract: The availability of several newly described recombinant human hematopoietic growth factors has improved the technique of ex vivo expansion of CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells. Of particular interest are the strategies for the cytokine-mediated expansion of primitive progenitor cells. Moreover, various techniques have been proposed for the differential expansion of CD34+ progenitors toward selective hematopoietic lineages, including myeloid and megakaryocytic progenitors and post-progenitors. In addition, there are several approaches to selectively generate dendritic cells from CD34+ progenitor cells for potential clinical use. Finally, the first clinical applications of ex vivo generated progenitor cells to support hematopoiesis after high-dose chemotherapy were reported recently. This article briefly summarizes the recent technical developments as well as the first clinical trials with ex vivo expanded hematopoietic progenitors.
authors.affiliation: University of Tübingen, Department of Hematology/Oncology/Immunology, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Brugger
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kanz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D002455:Cell Division; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019650:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D018952:Antigens, CD34