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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-2-25
pubmed:abstractText
The potential of cord blood (CB) to serve as a rich source of stem cells and stem cell factors is receiving increasing attention. In addition, perhaps because of the early ontogeny of these cells or the lack of surface antigens, cord blood stem cells do not appear to require close identity with the recipient. In the present pilot study, we investigated the presence of a hematopoiesis enhancing effect (HEE) by assaying the ability of human cord blood cells to augment hematopoiesis across a species barrier. For these experiments, autoimmune-prone MRL-Ipr/Ipr mice were exposed to sublethal levels of irradiation and cord blood administration to study the role of factors present in human cord blood in augmenting the rate of lymphopoiesis. This strain was chosen because of the increased presence of peripheral T and B subpopulations, namely the B-1 and CD4/CD8 double negative T-cell subpopulations, which do not arise directly from bone marrow precursors, but rather accumulate with age. MRL-Ipr/Ipr mice were sublethally irradiated and reconstituted with syngeneic bone marrow (BM) cells or with human cord blood cells or peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), or were left unreconstituted. At 2 weeks post-treatment, lymphoid populations in the spleen and lymph nodes were studied as a measure of hematopoiesis. Factors present in cord blood were able to augment hematopoiesis over that which occurred endogenously. At 2 weeks postirradiation, recipients of BM cells displayed the fastest rate of peripheral lymphoid recovery, nonreconstituted mice showed the slowest lymphoid recovery, and recipients of cord blood recovered their lymphoid populations at an intermediate rate. Similarly, myelopoiesis was increased in irradiated SJL/J recipients of human cord blood. Thus, human cord blood cells appear to produce/induce factors that may act as an adjunct to increase stem-cell activity.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0037-9727
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
220
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
79-87
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9933501-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9933501-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9933501-Colony-Forming Units Assay, pubmed-meshheading:9933501-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:9933501-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:9933501-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9933501-Fetal Blood, pubmed-meshheading:9933501-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:9933501-Hematopoiesis, pubmed-meshheading:9933501-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:9933501-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9933501-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:9933501-Leukopoiesis, pubmed-meshheading:9933501-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9933501-Mice, Inbred MRL lpr, pubmed-meshheading:9933501-Radiation Chimera, pubmed-meshheading:9933501-Stem Cell Factor, pubmed-meshheading:9933501-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:9933501-Transplantation, Heterologous
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of cord blood transfer on the hematopoietic recovery following sublethal irradiation in MRL lpr/lpr mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't