Abstract
Blood cells originate from hematopoietic stem cells that are located at different sites during ontogeny. Production of human stem cells and their progeny in culture is expected to have important implications for experimental therapeutic strategies involving gene transfer and transplantation. Here we report striking differences between primitive hematopoietic cells purified from adult bone marrow, umbilical cord blood, and fetal liver in cytokine-supplemented, serum-free cultures. In such cultures both the fraction of responding cells and their ability to produce CD34+ progenitor cells decreased markedly with the age of the cell donor. These results document extensive, ontogeny-related functional differences between primitive hematopoietic cells.
MeSH Terms
Adult
Age Factors
Antigens, CD/analysis
Antigens, CD34
Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte/analysis
Bone Marrow Cells
Cell Division
Fetal Blood/cytology
Hematopoiesis
Hematopoietic Stem Cells/cytology
Humans
Leukocyte Common Antigens/analysis
Liver/embryology
Receptors, Transferrin
Chemicals
Antigens, CD
Antigens, CD34
Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte
CD71 antigen
Receptors, Transferrin
Leukocyte Common Antigens
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Lansdorp P M
Terry Fox Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Dragowska W
Mayani H
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