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Kinetic studies during peripheral blood stem cell collection show CD34+ cell recruitment intra‐apheresis
Author(s) -
Meldgaard Knudsen Lene,
Nikolaisen Kirsten,
Gaarsdal Eva,
Johnsen Hans E.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of clinical apheresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.697
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1098-1101
pISSN - 0733-2459
DOI - 10.1002/jca.1021
Subject(s) - apheresis , medicine , peripheral blood , cd34 , blood cell , cell , immunology , stem cell , platelet , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , genetics
A sufficient number of CD34+ cells in the peripheral blood stem cell product is important to achieve a rapid and sustained engraftment. The purpose of the present work was to study CD34+ cell kinetics during leukapheresis. Blood samples before and after leukapheresis were analysed for CD34+ cells in 205 procedures. The number of CD34+ cells after plus the number of CD34+ cells harvested was 1.5‐fold greater than the number available at the beginning of the procedure, indicating recruitment of CD34+ cells during leukapheresis. In a subgroup of 66 procedures, granulocytes and platelets were measured. In contrast to CD34+ cells, these cell fractions were not recruited to the blood stream during leukapheresis. An additional nine patients were studied with serial blood measurements during leukapheresis, showing an initial decline that was followed by an increase in CD34+ cells during leukapheresis. In conclusion, CD34+ cells are recruited to the blood during the leukapheresis procedure in contrast to granulocytes and platelets. J. Clin. Apheresis. 16:114–119, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.