References
- Jaroscak J, Martin PL, Waters-Pick B et al. A phase I trial of augmentation of unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation with ex-vivo expanded cells. Blood 1998;92\(suppl 1):646a.
- Stiff P, Pecora A, Parthasarathy M et al. Umbilical cord bloodtransplants in adults using a combination of unexpanded and ex vivo expanded cells: preliminary clinical observations. Blood 1998;92\(suppl 1):646a.
- Shpall EJ, Quinones R, Hami L et al. Transplantation of ex vivoexpanded cord blood cells. BBMT 2002;8:368— 76.
- Briddell RA, Kern BP, Zilm KL et al. Purification of CD34± cells is essential for optimal ex vivo expansion of umbilical cord blood cells. Exp Hematol 1996;24:1055.
- Thiemann FT, Moore KA, Smorgorzewska EM et al. The murine stromal line AFT024 acts specifically on human CD34±CD38— progenitor to maintain primitive function and immunophenotype in vitro. Exp Hematol 1998;26:612–19.
- Verfaillie CM, Catanzarro PM, Li W-N. Macrophage inflam-matory protein la, interleukin 3 and diffusible marrow stromal factors maintain human hematopoietic stem cells for at least eight weeks in vitro. 7 Exp Med 1994;179: 643–49.
- Rubenstein P, Dobrila L, Rosenfield RE et al. Processing and cryopreservation of placental/umbilical cord blood for unre-lated bone marrow reconstitution. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1995;92:10119— 22.
- Ploemacher RE, van der Slufis JP, Voerman JSA, Brons NHC. An in vitro limiting-dilution assay of long-term repopu-lating hematopoietic stem cells in the mouse. Blood 1989; 74:2755— 63.
- Laughlin M, Barker J, Bambach B et al. Hematopoietic engraftment and survival in adult recipients of umbilical-cord blood from unrelated donors. N Eng y Med 2001;344:1815–22.
- Long GD, Laughlin M, Madan B et al. Unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation in adult patients. BBMT 2003;9:772— 80.
- McNiece I, Jones R, Bearman S et al. Ex vivo expanded peripheral blood progenitor cells provide rapid neutrophil recovery in breast cancer patients following high dose che-motherapy. Blood 2000;96:3001— 7.
- Gehling UM, Ryder JW, Hogan CJ. Ex vivo expansion of megakaryocyte progenitors: effect of various growth factor combinations on CD34± progenitor cells from bone marrow and G-CSF-mobilized peripheral blood. Exp Hematol 1997;25: 1125— 39.