Table 2.
Feline haematopoietic progenitor cell colonies in the methylcellulose-based colony forming cell assay and the percentage expression of cluster of differentiation (CD) markers on the progenitor cells. Data are expressed as mean ± SD
| Colony |
% CD-positive progenitor cells |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CFU-GM | BFU-E | CFU-E | CFU-G | CFU-M | CFU-GEMM | CD45 | CD33 | CD235a | CD18 |
| 85 ± 17 | 82 ± 40 | 55 ± 19 | 15 ± 3 | 12 ± 3 | 1.8 ± 0.8 | 18.3 ± 8.5 | 14.9 ± 7.3 | 11.5 ± 3.2 | 9.2 ± 5.2 |
CFU-GM = colony-forming unit–granulocyte, macrophage; BFU-E = burst-forming unit–erythroid; CFU-E = colony-forming unit–erythroid; CFU-G = colony-forming unit-granulocyte; CFU-M = colony-forming unit-macrophage; CFU-GEMM = colony-forming unit–granulocyte, erythroid, macrophage, megakaryocyte