CD34 is a transmembrane phosphoglycoprotein protein encoded by the CD34 gene in humans, mice, rats and other species.[5][6][7]
CD34 derives its name from the cluster of differentiation protocol that identifies cell surface antigens. CD34 was first described on hematopoietic stem cells independently by Civin et al. and Tindle et al.[8][9][10][11] as a cell surface glycoprotein and functions as a cell-cell adhesion factor. It may also mediate the attachment of hematopoietic stem cells to bone marrow extracellular matrix or directly to stromal cells. Clinically, it is associated with the selection and enrichment of hematopoietic stem cells for bone marrow transplants. Due to these historical and clinical associations, CD34 expression is almost ubiquitously related to hematopoietic cells; however, it is actually found on many other cell types as well.[12]
^Satterthwaite AB, Burn TC, Le Beau MM, Tenen DG (April 1992). "Structure of the gene encoding CD34, a human hematopoietic stem cell antigen". Genomics. 12 (4): 788–794. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(92)90310-O. PMID1374051.
^Civin CI, Strauss LC, Brovall C, Fackler MJ, Schwartz JF, Shaper JH (July 1984). "Antigenic analysis of hematopoiesis. III. A hematopoietic progenitor cell surface antigen defined by a monoclonal antibody raised against KG-1a cells". Journal of Immunology. 133 (1): 157–165. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.133.1.157. PMID6586833.
^Tindle RW, Nichols RA, Chan L, Campana D, Catovsky D, Birnie GD (1985). "A novel monoclonal antibody BI-3C5 recognises myeloblasts and non-B non-T lymphoblasts in acute leukaemias and CGL blast crises, and reacts with immature cells in normal bone marrow". Leukemia Research. 9 (1): 1–9. doi:10.1016/0145-2126(85)90016-5. PMID3857402.
^Tindle RW. Katz F. Martin H. Watt D. Catovsky D. Janossy G. Greaves M. (1987). "BI-3C5 (CD34) defines multipotential and lineage restricted progenitor cells and their leukaemic counterparts ". In 'Leucocyte Typing 111: White Cell Differentiation Antigens. Oxford University Press, 654-655.
^Loken M. Shah V. Civin CI.. (1987). "Characterization of myeloid antigens on human bone marrow using multicolour immunofluorescence". In: McMichael, Leucocyte Typing III:White Cell Differentiation Antigens.Oxford University Press 630-635.
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