Extensive amplification of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and their multipotent primitive progenitors (MPPs) in culture would greatly benefit not only clinical transplantation but also provide a potential tool to manipulate all cellular lineages derived from these cells for gene therapy and experimental purposes. Here, we demonstrate that mouse bone marrow cultures containing cells engineered ...

background: vhl (von hippel-lindau), runx-3 (runt-related transcription factor 3), e-cadherin (epithelial cadherin), p15 (ink4a, cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor), and p16 (ink4b) genes are essential in hematopoiesis. the aim of this study was to explore the correlation between gene expression and promoter methylation in cd34+ stem cells before and after differentiation to erythroid lineage. m...

bachgroun: hematopoietic stem cell derived from umbilical cord blood (ucb) has been used for regenerative medicine in hematological abnormalities. micrornas are important regulators of gene expression that control both physiological and pathological processes such as development of tissue and cancer. some studies have shown that mir-33, has a critical role in control of self-renewal cells. here...

Differentiation of B lymphocytes can be efficiently obtained when multipotent hematopoietic precursors are cocultured with stromal cell lines and soluble growth factors. Stromal cell lines provide yet-undefined signals required for the expansion of the precursor population and/or lineage commitment and soluble mediators. In consequence, the type of the exogenously added interleukins depends on ...

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria is a clonal hematopoietic stem cell disease that manifests with intravascular hemolysis, bone marrow failure, thrombosis, and smooth muscle dystonias. The disease can arise de novo or in the setting of acquired aplastic anemia. All PNH patients to date have been shown to harbor PIG-A mutations; the product of this gene is required for the synthesis of glycosy...

Hematopoietic stem cells possess lifelong self-renewal activity and generate multipotent progenitors that differentiate into lineage-committed and subsequently mature cells. We present a comparative transcriptome analysis of ex vivo isolated mouse multipotent hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (Lin(neg)SCA-1(+)c-KIT(+)) and myeloid committed precursors (Lin(neg)SCA-1(neg)c-KIT(+)). Our data di...