| Literature DB >> 6995555 |
I Goldschneider, D Metcalf, T Mandel, F J Bollum.
Abstract
A method is described by which highly enriched populations of viable terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-positive (TdT+) cells can be isolated from rat bone marrow by use of the fluorescence-activated cell sorter. Such cells have been postulated to be progenitors of thymocytes and, possibly, of B lymphocytes, and may serve as the targets of neoplastic transformation in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The separation procedure is based on differences in relative low-angle light scatter and relative fluorescence intensity for Thy-1 antigen between TdT+ cells and other lymphohemopoietic cell populations in bone marrow. Simultaneous sorting of bone marrow cells according to these two parameters resulted in a mean 87% purification of TdT+ cells. The morphological characteristics of the isolated TdT+ cells are described at the light and electron miscroscopic levels.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 6995555 PMCID: PMC2185952 DOI: 10.1084/jem.152.2.438
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Exp Med ISSN: 0022-1007 Impact factor: 14.307