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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-3-27
pubmed:abstractText
The development of a satisfactory in vitro assay system for human megakaryocyte colony forming progenitor cells has been delayed by the lack of a suitable marker for cells of human megakaryocyte lineage. For this purpose we raised an antiserum directed against a purified human platelet glycoprotein preparation. In conjunction with indirect immunofluorescent staining of human bone marrow, this antiserum labeled only platelets, megakaryocytes, and an infrequent population of small mononuclear cells. These small mononuclear cells, not otherwise identifiable as members of the megakaryocyte series, constituted 22.9% of the total fluorescein positive nucleated bone marrow cells. This antiserum was also used to label colonies cultured from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells using a modified plasma clot technique. A mean of 123 fluorescein-labeled colonies were cloned per 10(6) mononuclear cells cultured. Granulocyte-macrophage and erythroid burst colonies did not label using this method. No augmentation of colony numbers was found with varying concentrations of erythropoietin, human embryonic kidney cell conditioned media (a source of thrombopoietin), or media conditioned by a human T lymphoblast cell line (a source of both colony stimulating and burst promoting activities). Immunofluorescent labeling for platelet glycoproteins is a convenient phenotypic marker for cells of human megakaryocyte lineage useful in the study of in vitro human megakaryocytopoiesis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
277-86
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Immunofluorescent identification of human megakaryocyte colonies using an antiplatelet glycoprotein antiserum.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.