Erythroid Culture Based on Differentiation of Progenitor Cells from Leftover Buffy Coats Produced in the Reveos Automated Blood Processing System
Background: Efforts to culture red blood cells (RBCs) for transfusion purposes are ongoing in numerous research laboratories worldwide. In addition, smaller-scale erythroid culture is one of many approaches toward better understanding of erythropoiesis, enucleation and RBC biology. Our center recently changed from traditional blood component separation to the Reveos(R) automated blood- processing