| Literature DB >> 6133548 |
A H Piersma, R E Ploemacher, K G Brockbank.
Abstract
Kinetics of fibroblastic colony-forming cells (CFU-F) were studied in mouse bone marrow after lethal total body irradiation and intravenous bone marrow transplantation. After an initial decrease, CFU-F numbers recovered, and plateaued 5 weeks post-treatment at 10% of normal values. Using chromosome-marked donor bone marrow cells we found that 1 day after transplantation 72% of donor CFU-F had reached the recipient's bone marrow, indicating a highly specific lodgment of CFU-F. Three months after transplantation donor CFU-F were still detectable and comprised about half of the femoral CFU-F population. It is concluded that CFU-F, a component of the haemopoietic microenvironment, are transplantable via the intravenous route.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6133548 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1983.tb02097.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Haematol ISSN: 0007-1048 Impact factor: 6.998