Most of the de novo anti-HLA immunizations detected by CDC after transfusion in previously pregnant women can be detected by Flow-PRA before transfusion.
Previously, several groups reported an increase in HLA antigen-sharing in couples suffering from unexplained repeated spontaneous abortions. It was felt necessary to find out if HLA sharing could have any effect on children born after a successful pregnancy. The birthweight figures of children of 76 couples with repeated spontaneous abortions were analyzed. The results show a significantly lower birthweight in babies born from those couples, presenting a high incidence of HLA antigen-sharing, particularly concerning class II antigens.
Storage of unseparated fetal cord blood collected into citrate-phosphate-dextrose (CPD) for 48 hours has been studied using progenitor cell assays [plasma clot technique with plasma-conditioned medium, erythropoietin (EPO), erythropoietin + IL-3 as growth factors]; collected fetal blood volume was low [61 +/- 4 ml, mean +/- 95% confidence interval (CI)]. The CFU-GM concentration in total cord blood was 2460 +/- 1476 CFU-GM/ml, comparable to normal bone marrow collected into medium RPMI + heparin (2350 +/- 1258); 2 of 12 samples contained fewer than 10(3) CFU-GM. Storage of unseparated cord blood CFU-GM in CPD was better at 4 degrees C (rapid decrease at day (D) 2 from 15 +/- 9 x 10(4) at D0; 14 +/- 11 x 10(4) at D1 to 6 +/- 4 x 10(4) at (D2) than at 22 degrees C (strong decrease since D1: 5 +/- 4 x 10(4) CFU-GM). The CFU-GEMM content remained steady at 4 degrees C: from 16 +/- 16 x 10(4) at D0 to 18 +/- 16 at D2. Cryopreservation and thawing of unfractionated cord blood at D0 did not affect the CFU-FM cloning rates. Whether mature progenitors are more affected than stem cells by storage in CPD remains to be determined.
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