title: Erythroid progenitor cells from pig bone marrow and peripheral blood.
abstract: With the intention of using the pig as a large animal model in haematopoietic research, a clonal assay in methylcellulose was developed and the optimal conditions for raising erythroid progenitors from adult pig bone marrow (BM) and peripheral blood (PB) have been established. Progenitor cells were stimulated to proliferate and differentiate in vitro by growth factors containing leucocyte condition medium (LCM), and with recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEpo). The number of PB BFU-E (burst forming units - erythroid) directly depended on the concentration of LCM, but BM BFU-E were not dependent on LCM. Both CFU-E (colony forming units - erythroid) and BFU-E were rhEpo dependent. Despite relatively high but expected individual variations, the mean number of colonies, as well as the functional characteristics of progenitor cells investigated, were similar to those of miniature pigs and some other mammals.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Belgrade, Yugoslavia. milica@vet.bg.ac.yu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kovacević
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bozić
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ivanović
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D003470:Culture Media; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D015672:Erythroid Precursor Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D008747:Methylcellulose; D013552:Swine / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D008747:Methylcellulose