The samples from pleural and pericardial effusion, in which immature haematopoietic cells had been identified cytologically, were re-examined. The results were then analysed along with the clinico-biological context and compared to published data. The aim was to determine the frequency, the type and the context of haematopoietic cell identification in pleural and pericardial fluid effusion. In ...

Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF beta 1) is shown here to be required for yolk sac haematopoiesis and endothelial differentiation. Mice with a targeted mutation in the TGF beta 1 gene were examined to determine the cause of prenatal lethality, which occurs in 50% of homozygous TGF beta 1 null (TGF beta 1-/-) conceptions. 50% of TGF beta 1-/- and 25% of TGF beta 1-+-) conceptions. 50% of T...

Haematopoiesis is one of the most extensively studied models to comprehend cellular differentiation and lineage commitment. It is now well established that blood cells emerge early during vertebrate ontogeny from mesodermal progenitors which also have the potential to generate endothelial and smooth muscle cells. However, the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in the commitment of mesod...

Understanding the pathways and regulation of human haematopoiesis, in particular, lymphopoiesis, is vital to manipulation of these processes for therapeutic purposes. However, although haematopoiesis has been extensively characterised in mice, translation of these findings to human biology remains rudimentary. Here, we describe the isolation of three progenitor subsets from human foetal bone ma...