Flt3 ligand prolongs survival of CD34+++ human umbilical cord blood myeloid progenitors in serum-depleted culture medium

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 131-135

  Takahira, H ^a   Lyman, S D ^b   Broxmeyer, H E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell survival; Cord blood; Flt3 Ligand; Progenitor cells

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; HEMOPOIETIC GROWTH FACTOR; STEEL FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COLONY FORMING UNIT GEMM; COLONY FORMING UNIT GM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ANTIGENS, CD34; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FETAL BLOOD; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0029869114     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002770050150     Document Type: Article

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