Experimental Hematology
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1471-1479 , November 2006

Human CD34+CD11b− cord blood stem cells generate in vitro a CD34−CD11b+ subset that is enriched in langerin+ Langerhans dendritic cell precursors

  • Caroline Soulas

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Jean-François Arrighi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • Current affiliation: Serono Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland.
    • ,
  • Sem Saeland

      Affiliations

    • Schering Plough, Laboratory of Immunological Research, Dardilly, France
    • ,
  • Bernard Chapuis

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Vincent Kindler

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationOffprint requests to: Vincent Kindler, Ph.D., P.D., Division of Hematology, Geneva University Hospital, 25, Micheli-du-Crest, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland

Received 13 April 2006 ,Revised 9 June 2006 ,Accepted 14 June 2006.

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PII: S0301-472X(06)00399-7

doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2006.06.011

Experimental Hematology
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1471-1479 , November 2006

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