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SUBMITTER: Masiello F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3942379 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Masiello Francesca F Tirelli Valentina V Sanchez Massimo M van den Akker Emile E Gabriella Girelli G Marconi Maurizio M Villa Maria Antonietta MA Rebulla Paolo P Hashmi Ghazala G Whitsett Carolyn C Migliaccio Anna Rita AR
Transfusion 20130904 4
<h4>Background</h4>Cultured red blood cells (cRBCs) from cord blood (CB) have been proposed as transfusion products. Whether buffy coats discarded from blood donations (adult blood [AB]) may be used to generate cRBCs for transfusion has not been investigated.<h4>Study design and methods</h4>Erythroid progenitor cell content and numbers and blood group antigen profiles of erythroblasts (ERYs) and cRBCs generated in human erythroid massive amplification (HEMA) culture by CB (n = 7) and AB (n = 33, ...[more]