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Stem Cell Related Patent Number US6083747
| Title: | Method of preparing hematopoietic stem cells with gp105-specific antibodies | | Inventors: | Wong, Peter M. C.; Gladwyne, PA, USA
Chung, Siu-Wah; Gladwyne, PA, USA
Han, Xiaodong; San Francisco, CA, USA | | Summary: | Described herein are methods of preparing a composition enriched for hematopoietic stem cells which comprise antibodies that bind to the gp 105 protein. Such gp 105-specific antibodies are described as inhibiting the proliferation of BL3 cells that occurs in BL3-conditioned medium (BL3CM) and also inhibiting preferentially the formation of fetal liver cell-derived, multi-lineage colonies in vitro, as well as the development of bone marrow cell-derived, spleen colony-forming unit foci in vivo. Therapeutic applications in the enrichment of hematopoietic stem cells are included. | | Abstract: | An N-glycosylated glycoprotein, having the molecular weight of 105 kDa when glycosylated and 85 kDa when non-glycosylated, is present on the surface of BL3 hematopoietic stem cells, but is absent from the surfaces of other cells including 32D and FDC-P1 myeloid progenitor cells, EL4 T-cells and 3T3 fibroblasts. Antibody which binds the gp105 protein inhibits the proliferation of BL3 cells that occurs in BL3-conditioned medium (BL3CM). It also can inhibit preferentially the formation of fetal liver cell-derived, multi-lineage colonies in vitro, and the development of bone marrow cell-derived, spleen colony-forming unit foci in vivo. Anti-gp105 antibody can be employed in making a preparation that is enriched for hematopoietic stem cells. Substantially purified from other proteins, the gp105 protein itself is a useful reagent for isolating and characterizing the factor(s) responsible for the proliferative effect of BL3CM. | | US Patent Website: | Click Here for Full Text of Patent | | Title Number: | US6083747 | | Application Number: | US1998000114146 | | Date Filed: | 13/07/1998 | | Date Published: | 04/07/2000 | | Assignee: | Stemcell Therapeutics LLC, Bala Cynwyd, PA, USA |
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