Experimental Hematology Today-1989

I. Present Aspects of Transplantation of Stem Cells.- 1 The Role of Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation in Acute Leukemia.- 2 Photosensitizing Agents for Marrow Purging in Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation.- 3 Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation in Hodgkin Lymphoma.- 4 Circulating Hemopoietic Precursors after High-Dose Cyclophosphamide: Efficacy of In Vivo GM-CSF Administration.- 5 Merocyanine 540 Sensitized Photoinactivation of Enveloped Viruses and Its Application in the Sterilization of Blood Products.- II. Control of Hemopoiesis.- 6 Interleukin-2 Receptors on Monocytes and Their Relation to the Process of Monocytic Cell Differentiation.- 7 Properties of the Murine Interleukin-3 Receptor.- 8 Early B Cell Differentiation from Hematopoietic Stem Cells in the Presence of Stromal Cells and Interleukin-7 (IL-7).- 9 Marrow Stromal Cells, Hematopoietic Growth Factors and Extracellular Matrix Proteins.- 10 Biosynthesis and Processing of the Cytoadhesins, GPIIb/IIIa and Vitronectin Receptor.- III. Hemopoiesis in Malignancies.- 11 Establishment of an AML-CFU Colony Assay to Evaluate the Sensitivity of Leukemic Progenitors to Cryopreservation: Incidence for Bone Marrow Transplantation.- 12 Stem Cell (CFU-S) Inhibitory Peptides: Biological Properties and Application of pEEDCK as Hemoprotector in Cytostatic Tumor Therapy.- 13 Effects of Ubenimex on Proliferation and Differentiation of Human Bone Marrow Cells and Leukemic Cell Lines, and the Possible Mechanisms of Its Action.- 14 Stimulation of the Immune System for the Therapy of Advanced Stage Neuroblastoma.- IV. From Molecular Biology to Gene Transfer.- 15 Progress in the Development of Somatic Cell Gene Therapy for Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency.- 16 Retroviral Gene Transfer of Human Adenosine Deaminase into Hematopoietic Cells.- 17 Present Status of Retroviral Mediated Gene Transfer into the Hematopoietic Tissue In Vivo: Possible Applications in Man.