thanks and CB phenotying

From: tessa kerre (tessa.kerre@rug.ac.be)
Date: Tue Feb 22 2000 - 02:48:19 EST


Dear flowers,

First of all, a big thanks for all people who were so kind to take the
time to answer my questions on CFSE. 
I put all the information together (anyone who is interested can receive
a copy), and some preliminary experiments show that the advice helped a
lot! Thanks!

I have some questions regarding the phenotype of CB cells.

I deplete the fresh or thawed frozen mononuclear cell fraction of human
cord blood , and deplete (with magnetic beads) for CD3. I have done some
flowcytometrical analysis on these cells, and I have some questions:

- I see a CD4low population (monocytes) and a reminescent CD4high, but I
see the same phenomenon with CD8 (sometimes there's a nice segregation
between the two, but in most cases there isn't): are the CD8low cells NK
cells?

- In the CD56+ population I also observe 2 intesities: does anyone know
what these two populations represent? Is it possible that the CD56high
cells are gamma-delta cells?
 


Kind regards,

Tessa



Tessa Kerre, MD
Gent University Hospital 
Belgium



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