Patent ID: 8034635
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A method of cross-matching a donor and a recipient comprising: (a) providing a donor sample containing, or suspected of containing, a precursor endothelial cell; (b) contacting the donor sample with a detection reagent to isolate the endothelial cell under conditions where the precursor endothelial cell and the detection reagent are capable of forming a complex; (c) separating said complex from the sample, thereby isolating said precursor endothelial cell from said biological sample; wherein the isolated precursor endothelial cell is CD34 negative and CD14 positive; and (d) screening a recipient sample for a reactivity with the isolated precursor endothelial cell wherein no reactivity of the recipient sample with the isolated precursor endothelial cell indicates compatibility between the donor and recipient.