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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-8-15
pubmed:abstractText
Erythroid burst colonies derived from the cord blood of nine neonates and from the blood and liver of three fetuses aborted after 20 weeks of gestation were grown in plasma clot culture. Their quantitative study revealed a higher proportion of burst-forming units (BFU-Es) in cord blood than in cord blood of normal adults. In addition, colony-forming units (CFU-Es) were present in cord blood but absent from adult blood. Study of haemoglobin synthesis in 14-day cultures of cord blood BFU-Es showed a significantly higher degree of Hb A synthesis than was found in reticulocytes from fresh cord blood; this proportion was, however, similar to that expected in vivo about three weeks after birth. These data suggest that the hemoglobin switch is already programmed in most of the early erythroid precursors present in cord blood or full-term neonates and indicate that the differentiation time is probably of the same order of magnitude in vivo and in vitro. The proportion of Hb A and F synthesis in erythroid bursts was not influenced by the concentration of erythropoietin in the range studied--ie, from 0.5 to 12 international units. Low but identical proportions of Hb A synthesis were found both in erythroid cells from liver after two hours of incubation with [3H]-leucine, and in 14-day liver bursts from fetuses aborted at 20 weeks of gestation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0361-8609
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
207-18
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Fetal to adult hemoglobin switch in cultures of early erythroid precursors from human fetuses and neonates.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study