Erythroid progenitor cells expanded from peripheral blood without mobilization or preselection: molecular characteristics and functional competence.

BACKGROUND: Continued development of in-vitro procedures for expansion and differentiation of erythroid progenitor cells (EPC) is essential not only in hematology and stem cell research but also virology, in light of the strict erythrotropism of the clinically important human parvovirus B19. METHODO...

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Main Authors: Claudia Filippone, Rauli Franssila, Arun Kumar, Leena Saikko, Panu E Kovanen, Maria Söderlund-Venermo, Klaus Hedman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2830487?pdf=render