Abstract
Hematopoietic cell culture, or ex vivo expansion of hematopoietic cells, is a rapidly growing area of tissue engineering with many potential applications in bone-marrow transplantation, gene therapy and the production of blood products. Hematopoietic cultures are considerably more complex than established animal cell culture technologies owing to the presence of many cell types at various differentiation stages, and stringent medium and growth factor requirements. Culture parameters, such as pH, oxygen tension, seeding density and feeding schedules, significantly affect the proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic cells. A number of bioreactor systems are currently under development.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 341-349 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Trends in biotechnology |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1996 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
Acknowledgements This work is supportedb y NationalI nstituteso f Health (USA) Grant R01 HL48276. T. A. M. was 39 partiallys upportedb y a PredoctoraBl iotechnology 40 Training grant( NIH GM08449). 41
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Bioengineering
- Biotechnology