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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-5-5
pubmed:abstractText
The ability to harvest large amounts of hematopoietic stem cells from blood would eliminate the more difficult approach of bone marrow harvest. Unfortunately, concentration of stem cells in the blood compartment is less than 1% of their concentration in bone marrow. Attempts to increase harvest of blood stem cells, as assayed by granulocyte progenitor cells (CFUC), have been only partially successful. Our study confirms previous reports that CFUC can be mobilized into the blood compartment in dogs, but this mobilization is rate-limited. Unlike platelets and granulocytes that are effectively harvested during the first blood volume processed by continuous apheresis, effective CFUC harvest begins during the second blood volume (606 +/- 97.9 CFUC/ml), peaks by the third (740 +/- 30 CFUC/ml), and remains constant through five blood volumes processed (700 +/- 272 CFUC/ml). Since blood CFUC concentration falls at the end of five blood volumes processed (40% of initial values), further continuous apheresis would not be effective. Treatment of animals with lithium did not improve CFUC harvest. These results show that apheresis procedures can be developed to a limited extent to increase the harvest of hematopoietic progenitor and stem cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0301-472X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
226-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Granulocyte progenitor cell (CFUC) harvest by continuous apheresis in dogs. Effects of blood volume and lithium on yields.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article