Research Article
Structural and Functional Characterization of Deceased Donor Stem Cells: A Viable Alternative to Living Donor Stem Cells
Table 4
Colony-forming units of HSC procured from living and deceased donor bone marrow.
| | Living donor | Deceased donor (mean) | Standard error of mean |
| Bone marrow: iliac crest () | | CFU (per ) | 49–722 [60] | 400 | 119 | <45 years () | | 512 | | >45 years () | | 232 | | Male () | | 443 | | Female () | | 336 | | Hematopoietic lineages: 26% CFU-GM, 6% CFU-GEMM, 68% BFU-E | | Bone marrow: femur () | | CFU (per ) | N/A | 1,152 | 136 | Hematopoietic lineages: 29% CFU-GM, 5% CFU-GEMM, 66% BFU-E |
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