Ex Vivo Expansion of Hematopoietic Stem Cells from Human Cord Blood in Serum-Free Conditions
Human cord blood (CB), collected from the postpartum placenta and umbilical cord, has been identified as a rich source of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and provides an alternative to bone marrow or mobilized peripheral blood transplantation. However, the major restriction of CB transplantation is the low number of HSCs in each CB unit and limits its use in clinical transplantation. The development of ex vivo culture systems that facilitate the expansion of HSCs is crucial to stem cell research and clinical application. In this chapter, we describe the protocols to isolate HSCs from CB, expand HSCs in serum-free condition, and analyze HSCs. This information is benefical for successful use of CB stem cells in therapeutic studies.
- Automated Live Microscopy to Study Mitotic Gene Function in Fluorescent Reporter Cell Lines
- Tissue-Specific KO of ECM Proteins
- Measurement of Lipid-Protein Interactions in Reconstituted Membrane Vesicles Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy
- 同步化(synchronization)
- Measurement of Cell-Penetrating Peptide-Mediated Transduction of Adult Hematopoietic Stem Cells
- Quantifying In Vivo Phosphoinositide Turnover in Chemotactically Competent Dictyostelium Cells
- 看家基因(house-keeping gene)
- 植物原生质体融合
- Alkaline phosphatase staining
- 灯刷染色体(lampbrush chromosome)