Re: CD34 in thawed PBPC

From: Philippe Bourin (bourin@attglobal.net)
Date: Sun Dec 24 2000 - 06:20:19 EST


If you say that percentages after thawing is greater than in fresh sample, the
explanation is that mature cells are more fragile than hematopoietic ones and thus
their number diminish during thawing procedure, thus increasing artificially CD34+
percentage.

Ph. Bourin MD, PhD

jglu@mail.mdanderson.org wrote :

> In our BMT cell processing Lab, we routinely detect CD34  on PBPC after
> collection(fresh PBPC) and before infusion(thawed PBPC).  We often find CD34
> express in Thawed PBPC was higher than in fresh PBPC(same product). We use
> ISHAGE method to calculate the CD34. We also use 7AAD to exclude the dead cells.
> In the dot-plot(CD34PE vs SSC), we sometimes see denser or bigger population in
> thawed PBPC(compare to fresh same PBPC). Anyone has same experience? what are
> possible reasons to cause this? Is  there any way to solve this problem and  get
> more accurate % CD34 and recovery?  Thank you for your precious opinion.
>
> Jay



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