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I V Dubrovina

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Expression of regulatory T-lymphocyte phenotype in human fetal hemopoietic and lymphoid cell culture.

Cells with regulatory T-cell phenotype (Treg, CD4+CD25(hi)) were not detected in human fetal thymus, liver, bone marrow, spleen, and among blood mononuclears of 14-28-week gestation. The cells of the majority of these fetal thymuses express Treg specific marker (FOXP3 transcription marker) gene. Culturing of fetal liver and bone marrow cells on a monolayer of thymic epithelial cells induced expression of FOXP3 gene, but induction of CD4+CD25+ membrane phenotype was detected in only 1 of 8 studied cultures (in liver and bone marrow cells). Induction of Treg differentiation is to a greater extent determined by the characteristics of hemopoietic organ cells than of thymic epithelial cells.

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Transplantation of cultured human neural progenitor cells into rat brain: migration and differentiation.

We studied the fate in vitro cultured human stem/progenitor cells after transplantation into rat brain. The cells from human fetuses at 8-12 weeks' gestation were cultured in vitro for 14 days and transplanted into the brain of 10-day-old and adult rats. Microscopic examination showed that human stem/progenitor cells migrated into various regions of rat brain. Immunohistochemical assay demonstrated that some cells differentiated into astrocytes and neurons, while others retained the embryonic phenotype.

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[Hematopoietic cells of fetal liver. 1. Effect of growth factors of varying origin and activity of granulocyte-macrophage progenitor cells].

The liver is the leading hemopoietic organ of 5-22-week embryo and fetus. Hepatic hemopoiesis activity is assessed by concentration, total count and proliferative capacity of granulomonocytic cell precursors (GMCP). Cloning efficacy (GMCP CE) in the liver of 7 fetuses of 16-22 weeks of gestation was evaluated in vitro. Growth factor sources were: healthy subjects (fider), medium conditioned by the umbilical cord, granulocytic-macrophagal colony-stimulating factor (GM CSF), interleukin-3 (IL-3) (Shering Plough), GM CSF+IL-3, serum from patients with chronic glomerulonephritis. Morphological and cytochemical examination of the colonies was performed. There appeared different sensitivity of GMCP of the liver to growth factors. The highest CE (40.8 +/- 5.4 per 2.5 x 10(5) cells) was found in the usage of GM CSF and GM CSF+IL-3. The colonies reached 200-500 cells. Low CE occurred after addition to the culture of IL-3 evidencing for minor sensitivity of liver GMCP to this growth factor. Total count of GMCP in the liver was 43.8-146 x 10(4). Numerous GMCP and predominance of large granulomonocytic colonies in the cultures indicate enhanced activity of GMCP in the livers of 16,822 week fetuses. However, GMCP concentration in the above fetuses was 2 times lower than in the marrow of a child with normal hemopoiesis. The discussion covers the adequacy of transplantation to one child with body weight 20-50 kg of the cells obtained from the liver of one fetus 15-20 weeks old.

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