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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-11-10
pubmed:abstractText
To develop a simplified method of bone marrow (BM) cryopreservation, changes were made in the standard method in three areas: the cryoprotectant, the method of cell freezing, and the storage temperature. Unfractionated BM cells from 60 patients were cryopreserved in 300-mL aliquots in both dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) and hydroxyethyl starch (HES), a combination known to preserve granulocytes successfully. The cells were frozen without rate-controlled freezing by simple immersion into a -80 degrees C freezer where they remained until the time of reinfusion. The 60 patients underwent 72 autologous transplants after three high-dose chemotherapy regimens: 30 received high-dose carmustine in combination, five received high-dose busulfan and cyclophosphamide, and 37 received high-dose aziridinylbenzoquinone. The BM was infused for more than 30 minutes after rapid thawing at 37 degrees C. The mean post-thaw nucleated cell recovery was 96% +/- 11.6%, and Trypan blue dye exclusion was 82.2% +/- 9.2%. The mean postthaw CFU-GM and BFU-E recoveries were 81.9% +/- 39.0% and 90.5% +/- 41.2%. Complete count recovery occurred in 68 of 72 transplants. Median times to a WBC count greater than 1,000/microL, a granulocyte count greater than 1,000/microL and a platelet count greater than 20,000/microL were 15, 21, and 15 days, respectively. Risk factors for delayed recovery were not found. Unfractionated BM cells can be successfully cryopreserved in the DMSO/HES mixture rapidly and inexpensively, without rate-controlled freezing or storage at liquid nitrogen temperatures.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
974-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Autologous bone marrow transplantation using unfractionated cells cryopreserved in dimethylsulfoxide and hydroxyethyl starch without controlled-rate freezing.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article