title: Efficacy of novel culture environments on the ex vivo expansion kinetics of cord blood progenitor cells.
abstract: We demonstrate the efficacy of two cytokine-rich supernatants, one from peripheral blood cell cultures stimulated with anti-CD3 and the other from monocyte-conditioned media, in enhancing the rapid (within 6 days) expansion and clonogenicity of CD34+, progenitor cells. We, thereby,increased the generation of mostly myeloid precursors able to support stem cell transplants.
authors.forename: Nike T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Cacoullos
authors.forename: Angelos D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Gritzapis
authors.forename: Athanasios E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Tsitsilonis
authors.forename: Marinos L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Tsiatas
authors.forename: Constantin N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Baxevanis
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Papamichail
mesh_terms: D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods; D002455:Cell Division; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned