Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-5-29
pubmed:abstractText
The present studies investigated the effects of the recently cloned flt3 ligand (FL) on the in vitro growth and differentiation of primitive and committed subsets of human CD34+ bone marrow (BM) progenitor cells. FL alone was a weak growth stimulator of CD34+ BM cells, but synergistically and directly enhanced colony formation in combination with interleukin (IL) 3, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), CSF-1, granulocyte macrophage (GM) CSF stem cell factor (SCF), and IL-6. FL and SCF were equally effective in stimulating colony formation in combination with IL-3. However, the tri-factor combination of FL + IL-3 + SCF stimulated 2.3-fold and 2.5-fold more colonies than FL + IL-3 and SCF + IL-3, respectively. These additional recruited progenitors appeared to be predominantly located in a primitive (CD71-) subset of the CD34+ progenitors, as 4.5-fold more colonies were formed by CD34+CD71- cells in response to FL + IL-3 + SCF than to FL + IL-3 or SCF + IL-3. Similar findings were observed in serum-containing and serum-deprived cultures. Whereas FL did not enhance burst-forming unit-erythroid (BFU-E) colony formation of CD34+ BM cells in the presence of serum, a low number of BFU-E colonies were formed in response to FL plus erythropoietin (Epo) under serum-deprived conditions. In addition, FL both in serum-containing and serum-deprived cultures stimulated colony formation of more committed myeloid progenitors in CD34+CD71+ BM cells. Thus, FL potently stimulates the growth of primitive and more committed human BM progenitor cells.
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:day
15
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1317-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
The FLT3 ligand is a direct and potent stimulator of the growth of primitive and committed human CD34+ bone marrow progenitor cells in vitro.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't