PMID- 22509848 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120803 LR - 20120418 IS - 1532-2297 (Electronic) IS - 1082-6068 (Linking) VI - 42 IP - 3 DP - 2012 TI - Cell separation by countercurrent centrifugal elutriation: recent developments. PG - 217-33 LID - 10.1080/10826068.2011.602799 [doi] AB - Countercurrent centrifugal elutriation (CCE) is a cell separation technique that separates particles predominantly according to their size, and to some degree according to their specific density, without a need for antibodies or ligands tagging cell surfaces. The principles of this technique have been known for half a century. Still, numerous recent publications confirmed that CCE is a valuable supplement to current cell separation technology. It is mainly applied when homogeneous populations of cells, which mirror an in vivo situation, are required for answering scientific questions or for clinical transplantation, while antibodies or ligands suitable for cell isolation are not available. Currently, new technical developments are expanding its application toward fractionation of healthy and malignant tissue cells and the preparation of dendritic cells for immunotherapy. FAU - Grosse, Jirka AU - Grosse J AD - Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. FAU - Meier, Karl AU - Meier K FAU - Bauer, Thomas J AU - Bauer TJ FAU - Eilles, Christoph AU - Eilles C FAU - Grimm, Daniela AU - Grimm D LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Prep Biochem Biotechnol JT - Preparative biochemistry & biotechnology JID - 9607037 SB - IM MH - Apoptosis MH - Blood Cells/cytology MH - Bone Marrow Cells/cytology MH - Cell Count MH - Cell Cycle MH - Cell Separation/*instrumentation/*methods MH - Cell Size MH - Centrifugation, Density Gradient/instrumentation/*methods MH - Humans MH - Particle Size MH - Sensitivity and Specificity EDAT- 2012/04/19 06:00 MHDA- 2012/08/04 06:00 CRDT- 2012/04/19 06:00 PHST- 2012/04/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/04/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/08/04 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1080/10826068.2011.602799 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Prep Biochem Biotechnol. 2012;42(3):217-33. doi: 10.1080/10826068.2011.602799.