CONCLUSION: Neighborhood measures of disadvantage impact interventions, complications, and outcomes in patients with craniosynostosis and patients with cleft palate. Further inquiry into the extent to which socioeconomic situation contributes to these risks can inform interventions to optimize treatment and outcomes in both patient populations.
Stromal vascular fraction (SVF) cell preparations have recently attracted much interest as a form of autologous cell therapy. These heterogenous cell populations typically include some proportion of blood-derived cells (BDCs)—including both red blood cells (RBCs) and leukocytes (WBCs). The objectives of this paper were to evaluate the effects of tissue washing and hypotonic RBC lysis—separately and together—on BDC concentrations within SVF, and further to explore whether BDCs can confer detectable and modifiable effects on adipose-derived cell activity. Using various cell culture assays, flow cytometry and ELISA analysis of human-derived SVF preparations, we show that thorough washing of adipose tissue prior to enzymatic dissociation effectively removes RBCs from SVF preparations as well as standard lysis methods and significantly alters the type and relative quantities of WBCs. In addition, these studies demonstrate that potentially toxic RBC components are detectable for up to 1 week in cultures containing RBC lysate, but not those with intact RBCs, and, that culture-expanded cells proliferate significantly more in the presence of intact RBCs versus RBC lysis products or control media. Broadly, these data exemplify how different seemingly mundane tissue processing steps can significantly influence SVF identity/composition, purity, and potency. Based on the findings of this work, we propose that translational efforts in the field would benefit by a better understanding of the impact of RBCs, WBCs, and non-viable cells on the in vivo therapeutic activity of SVF therapies.
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