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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transfusion. 2011 Jun 9;51(12):2647–2655. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03210.x

Table 3.

Recovery of Total Nucleated Cells (TNCs) and CD3+ cells following cryopreservation, storage, and thawing of 143 extensively manipulated donor leukocyte products; effects of duration of storage

Storage Duration Number Post Thaw Recovery (%)
Post Thaw TNC Viability (%)
TNC CD3
1 to 30 days 55 91 ± 15 84 ± 18 88 ± 10
31 to 90 days 47 87 ± 18 78 ± 21 86 ± 11
91 to 180 24 95 ± 18 78 ± 21 84 ± 9
181 to 365 13 90 ± 18 72 ± 18 78 ± 15
1 to 2 years 4 92 ± 15 72 ± 14 75 ± 10
> 2 years 0 ---- ---- ----

All 143 90 ± 17 79 ± 19 85 ± 11