Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 15, Issue 9 , Pages 1026-1037 , September 2009

The Notch Ligands Jagged2, Delta1, and Delta4 Induce Differentiation and Expansion of Functional Human NK Cells from CD34+ Cord Blood Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells

  • Rose C. Beck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests: Rose C. Beck, MD, PhD, Department of Pathology, WRB 6526, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106.
    • ,
  • Mallika Padival

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • David Yeh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Justine Ralston

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Kenneth R. Cooke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • John B. Lowe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio

Received 22 December 2008 ,Accepted 3 June 2009.

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 Financial disclosure: See Acknowledgments on page 1036.

PII: S1083-8791(09)00273-0

doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2009.06.002

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 15, Issue 9 , Pages 1026-1037 , September 2009

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