scholarly journals A Comparison of the Percentage of Fetal Hemoglobin in Human Umbilical Cord Blood as Determined by Chromatography and by Alkali Denaturation

Blood ◽  
1963 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 554-565 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID H. ARMSTRONG ◽  
W. A. SCHROEDER ◽  
WILLIAM D. FENNINGER

Abstract A comparison has been made of the determination of fetal hemoglobin in human umbilical cord blood by column chromatography and alkali denaturation. A careful study has also been made of the variables that control the accuracy and precision of the methods. Minor modification has led to much improved control of the 1-minute alkali denaturation procedure. The percentage of fetal hemoglobin in the umiblical cord blood of full term infants has been found to cover a far narrower range than is commonly reported. By chromatography, the average is 85.5 per cent with a range from 79 to 91 per cent that includes more than 95 per cent of normal full term infants. By alkali denaturation, the average is 74.0 per cent with a range from 63 to 87 per cent. Possible correlations with several clinical parameters have been examined. The highest correlation by both methods of determination occurred in the group of 12 samples from infants with a duration of gestation less than 37 weeks. In this group the linear correlation with weight was greater than 0.6. The precision and accuracy of the chromatographic method recommend it in the study of such subjects as prematurity, twinning, dysmaturity, intrauterine growth retardation, and infants of diabetic mothers.

1982 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. C. Abraham ◽  
A. L. Reese ◽  
M. Stallings ◽  
A. Abraham ◽  
G. J. Garbutt ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 460-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Jia ◽  
Baitao Ma ◽  
Shaoshuai Wang ◽  
Ling Feng

Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are implicated in multiple biologic processes such as vascular homeostasis, neovascularization and tissue regeneration, and tumor angiogenesis. A subtype of EPCs is referred to as endothelial colony-forming cells (ECFCs), which display robust clonal proliferative potential and can form durable and functional blood vessels in animal models. In this review, we provide a brief overview of EPCs’ characteristics, classification and origins, a summary of the progress in preclinical studies with regard to the therapeutic potential of human umbilical cord blood derived ECFCs (CB-ECFCs) for ischemia repair, tissue engineering and tumor, and highlight the necessity to select high proliferative CB-ECFCs and to optimize their recovery and expansion conditions.


Blood ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 96 (6) ◽  
pp. 2125-2133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Storms ◽  
Margaret A. Goodell ◽  
Alan Fisher ◽  
Richard C. Mulligan ◽  
Clay Smith

Abstract A novel Hoechst 33342 dye efflux assay was recently developed that identifies a population of hematopoietic cells termed side population (SP) cells. In the bone marrow of multiple species, including mice and primates, the SP is composed primarily of CD34−cells, yet has many of the functional properties of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). This report characterizes SP cells from human umbilical cord blood (UCB). The SP in unfractionated UCB was enriched for CD34+ cells but also contained a large population of CD34− cells, many of which were mature lymphocytes. SP cells isolated from UCB that had been depleted of lineage-committed cells (Lin− UCB) contained CD34+ and CD34− cells in approximately equivalent proportions. Similar to previous descriptions of human HSCs, the CD34+Lin− SP cells were CD38dimHLA-DRdimThy-1dimCD45RA−CD71−and were enriched for myelo-erythroid precursors. In contrast, the CD34−Lin− SP cells were CD38−HLA-DR−Thy-1−CD71−and failed to generate myelo-erythroid progeny in vitro. The majority of these cells were CD7+CD11b+CD45RA+, as might be expected of early lymphoid cells, but did not express other lymphoid markers. The CD7+CD34−Lin− UCB SP cells did not proliferate in simple suspension cultures but did differentiate into natural killer cells when cultured on stroma with various cytokines. In conclusion, the human Lin− UCB SP contains both CD34+ multipotential stem cells and a novel CD7+CD34−Lin− lymphoid progenitor. This observation adds to the growing body of evidence that CD34− progenitors exist in humans.


1997 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 775-777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mie Nieda ◽  
Andrew Nicol ◽  
Patricia Denning‐Kendall ◽  
John Sweetenham ◽  
Ben Bradley ◽  
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