Mouse Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Forming Unit Assay
| Standard Number | ITA-3 |
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| Organization |
Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory
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| Level | National |
| Category | Specification |
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ABSTRACT
Myelosuppression is a common dose limiting toxicity of cytotoxic oncology drugs. Nanoparticles may distribute to bone marrow and/or release drug that distributes to bone marrow. Therefore, understanding potential toxicity of nanoparticles or drugs which nanoparticles carry is an important step in preclinical safety evaluation. This document describes a protocol for quantitative analysis of granulocyte-macrophagecolony-forming units, employing murine bone marrow (BM).