The aldehyde dehydrogenase cord blood potency assay excludes early apoptotic cells.
Sofia FrändbergSusann LiCecilia BoreströmJan HolgerssonLars PalmqvistPublished in: Transfusion (2018)
The ALDH assay excludes nonviable and apoptotic cells, and therefore correlates better with CFU enumeration compared to the number of viable CD34+ cells. We propose that the ALDH assay might replace the CFU-GM method in CBU potency measurements.