“…22,31 After red blood cell ( RBC ) depletion with PharM Lyse 2 ( PharMingen, Heidelberg, Germany ), according to the manufacturer's instructions, cells were prestimulated for 48 hours in -modified Eagle's medium (Sigma ) containing 20% FCS, P/ S, 100 U / mL recombinant human (rh ) IL -6 (Novartis, Basel, Switzerland ), and 50 ng/ mL recombinant murine ( rm ) SCF ( PeproTech, Rocky Hill, NJ, USA ). Transduction of prestimulated bone marrow was carried out in 10 -cm nontissue culture Petri dishes (Becton Dickinson, Heidelberg, Germany ) coated with 4 g/cm 2 retronectin (BioWhittaker, Taufkirchen, Germany ), as described previously.…”