Re: Results of the Clinical Practices Survey]

From: Maryalice Stetler-Stevenson (stetler@box-s.nih.gov)
Date: Tue May 16 2000 - 13:27:02 EST


We routinely lyse bone marrow and have for many years. I believe it
is recommended in the " U.S.-Candian consensus recommendations on the
immunophenotypic analysis of hematologic neoplasia by flow cytometry"
in CCC, vol 30, 1997, but someone stole my copy. Ficolling is
yesterday.

	Maryalice


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>     During an exchange of messages regarding her posting of the Results of the
>Clinical Practices Survey, Victoria Smith and I realized that neither of us
>know whether whole blood lysis techniques are routinely applied to bone marrow
>samples intended for immunophenotyping.
>     In the attempts conducted here, the results obtained using whole blood
>lysis have been puzzling when compared with those using Ficoll separated bone
>marrow cells. So, I am wondering whether others have compared the two
>preparation methods on BMC and if they think whole blood cell lysis is good to
>use on these cells. Are there references relating to this topic?
>     Also, does anybody still use Ficoll separation of peripheral blood cells
>for clinical immunophenotypic analysis?
>
>Kevin G. Waddick, Ph.D.
>Parker Hughes Cancer Center
>2657 Patton Road
>St. Paul, MN  55113
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>
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>vbsmith@unmc.edu wrote:
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>  > In the survey, I did not ask or specify an alternative to cell lysis, so I
>  > do not know if laboratories still do ficoll separation.  I would assume
>  > yes.  I also did not query specimen type, so I do not know if whole blood
>  > cell lysis is used on bone marrow.  But these are good questions and I wish
>  > I had thought to ask.  :)
>  > Victoria Boryca Smith
>  > UNMC
>  > OB-GYN Research
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>In the survey, I did not ask or specify an alternative to cell lysis, so I
>do not know if laboratories still do ficoll separation.  I would assume
>yes.  I also did not query specimen type, so I do not know if whole blood
>cell lysis is used on bone marrow.  But these are good questions and I wish
>I had thought to ask.	:)
>Victoria Boryca Smith
>UNMC
>OB-GYN Research

Maryalice Stetler-Stevenson
Director Flow Cytometry Unit
Laboratory of Pathology, NCI, NIH



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