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Isolating Cord Blood Hematopoietic Stem Cells to Generate Human Immune System Mice
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2025
This video demonstrates a technique for generating human immune system (HIS) mice. CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are isolated from human cord blood buffy coat cells using antibody-coated magnetic beads. The CD34+ HSCs are expanded in a growth medium enriched with cytokines and cryopreserved. Finally, the thawed HSCs are injected into an immunodeficient mouse pup to establish the HIS mouse model.
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Isolation of Endothelial Progenitor Cells from Human Umbilical Cord Blood
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2017
The goal of this protocol is to isolate endothelial progenitor cells from umbilical cord blood. Some of the applications include using these cells as a biomarker for identifying patients with cardiovascular risk, treating ischemic diseases, and creating tissue-engineered vascular and heart valve constructs.
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Chondrogenic Pellet Formation from Cord Blood-derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
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2017
Here, we propose a protocol for chondrogenic differentiation from cord blood mononuclear cell-derived human induced pluripotent stem cells.
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Generation of Integration-free Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Using Episomal Vectors
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2017
This protocol describes a detailed method for efficient generation of integration-free iPSCs from human adult peripheral blood cells. With the use of four oriP/EBNA-based episomal vectors to express the reprogramming factors, KLF4, MYC, BCL-XL, or OCT4 and SOX2, thousands of iPSC colonies can be obtained from 1 mL of peripheral blood.
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Xenotransplantation of Human Stem Cells into the Chicken Embryo
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2010
In this paper we present a method for transplanting human stem cells into various regions of the central nervous system of the chicken embryo. This provides an in vivo model for assessing the proliferation and differentiation of various types of human stem cells in embryonic tissue environments.
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Self-renewal maintains a population of hematopoietic stem cells, while differentiation generates lymphoid and myeloid progenitors. These developmental pathways allow one starting population to produce diverse immune cell types and their effectors. Studying this progression helps researchers examine how immune systems form and how cellular lineages later participate in recognizing and responding to infection.
A relatively immature immune profile provides a model for examining early immune development rather than only fully developed immune responses. Researchers can investigate how immune effectors emerge, how antigen-specific responses form, and why susceptibility to infection may vary during development. This perspective also informs studies of inflammatory disease and immune reconstitution after transplantation.
Cord blood stem and progenitor cells can generate both lymphoid and myeloid lineages. Their descendants contribute to immune effectors with different roles in host defense, making the source useful for studying the coordination of immune responses. Tracking these lineages can connect hematopoietic development with antigen recognition, infection responses, and the restoration of immune function.
The material is collected from umbilical cord blood after birth, providing access to hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells without relying on an established adult immune system. Once obtained, it can serve as a source for investigations of immune development and host-pathogen interactions, or for transplantation studies focused on rebuilding blood-forming and immune systems.
Researchers use this source when they need to examine immune development, host-pathogen interactions, or the formation of antigen-specific responses. It is especially informative for asking how developing hematopoietic cells generate immune effectors and respond to infection. The same system also supports investigations of inflammatory disease and infection susceptibility, extending its relevance beyond transplantation.
Cord blood transplantation can support hematopoietic and immune reconstitution, meaning recovery of blood-forming capacity together with rebuilding of immune function. This clinical context makes cord blood relevant to research on transplantation and immune recovery. Its developmental characteristics also help investigators consider how reconstituted immunity may differ from responses generated by a mature immune system.