title: Clonal culture of fetal cells from maternal blood.
abstract: Successful isolation and genetic testing of fetal cells obtained from maternal blood could eliminate the risks associated with invasive prenatal testing. We used clonal in-vitro expansion of fetal haemopoietic cells and micromanipulation and fluorescent PCR of single colonies to obtain pure fetal colonies from peripheral blood of 12 healthy pregnant women. Of 2966 randomly selected colonies, 42 contained fetal and other cells and, for four women, two to four colonies each contained purely fetal cells. Detection of fetal cells has been hampered by rarity in maternal blood, but with our approach many cells are available for analysis.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tutschek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reinhard
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kögler
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wernet
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Niederacher
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002999:Clone Cells; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000166:cytology*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D011897:Random Allocation
chemical_list: D004247:DNA