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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Shinobu Tsuzuki
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-3179 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Tsuzuki Shinobu S Seto Masao M
Blood 20111130 3
Self-renewal activity is essential for the maintenance and regeneration of the hematopoietic system. The search for molecules capable of promoting self-renewal and expanding hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) has met with limited success. Here, we show that a short isoform (AML1a) of RUNX1/AML1 has such activities. Enforced AML1a expression expanded functionally defined HSCs, with an efficiency that was at least 20 times greater than that of the control in vivo and by 18-fold within 7 days ex vivo. ...[more]