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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-6-16
pubmed:abstractText
Umbilical cord blood has been used to effect hematological reconstitution and there are sufficient stem cells available in the cord blood obtainable from a single placenta to reconstitute an adult patient. Umbilical cord blood might therefore, have widespread potential use in the field of bone marrow transplantation. We compared alloreactivity of paired samples of adult and cord peripheral blood mononuclear cells, by measuring frequencies of both alloreactive T helper cells and cytotoxic T cell precursors (CTLp), using limiting dilution analysis. In addition we compared the phenotype of adult and neonatal PBMC, using monoclonal antibody staining. Cord PBMC in general showed higher frequencies of alloreactive Th than adult PBMC, with statistically significant differences in 6 out of 10 experiments. There was no statistically significant difference between adult and cord CTLp frequencies. Adult and cord PBMC surface phenotype was similar, except that cord blood contained fewer lymphocyte function-associated-3 (LFA-3) positive (memory) cells.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0041-1337
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1128-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-9-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Evidence that umbilical cord blood contains a higher frequency of HLA class II-specific alloreactive T cells than adult peripheral blood. A limiting dilution analysis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, England.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't