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