Hallo Dirk, we established some years ago an easy, reliable and efficient method for megakaryocyte isolation from human peripheral blood and bone marrow (percoll gradient centrifugation and subsequent MACS enrichment and/or FACS). You may contact Dr. Claudia Wickenhauser for specific applications or the current protocols at the Institute of Pathology, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann- Str. 9, Germany (phone: 49 (0)221-478-5255/6368) or e-mail: C.Wickenhauser@uni-Koeln.de. Our procedures are also described in Schmitz et al. Eur J Haematol 1994, 53: 267-275. Moreover, Miltenyi Biotec offers additionally CD61 MicroBeads for megakaryocyte isolation. Good luck, Beate
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