Molecular characterization of a lineage negative stem-progenitor cell population from human peripheral blood

• Main Authors: Siti Norhaiza, H., Intan Zarina, Z.A., Rohaya, M.A.W., Sahidan, S., Shahrul Hisham, Z.A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7297/1/43_1_14.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7297/; http://mabjournal.com/
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Current haematopoietic stem cell transplantation protocols rely heavily upon CD34+ cells to estimate haematopoietic stem and progenitor cell yield. However, several studies nowadays emerged with evidence that CD133+ cells represent a more primitive cell population than their CD34+ counterparts. Th...