METHOD FOR ISOLATING CD34+ HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS, NATURAL KILLER CELLS AND REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTES FROM A SAMPLE OF HUMAN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BY USING AN ANTI-GD3 ANTIBODY, AS WELL AS COMPOSITIONS THEREOF

摘要

The present invention is directed to a method for the isolation of a cell population from a sample of human umbilical cord blood comprising steps of contacting said sample with an antibody binding to di-sialic acid containing saccharide epitope Neu5Ac-alpha-2-8Neu5Ac- alpha-2-3Gal, such as S2-566, and isolating the cells bound to said antibody. The invention also provides compositions comprising human cells isolated from umbilical cord blood.