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SUBMITTER: Cellot S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2752385 | biostudies-literature | 2007 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cellot Sonia S Krosl Jana J Chagraoui Jalila J Meloche Sylvain S Humphries R Keith RK Sauvageau Guy G
Experimental hematology 20070501 5
Factors that trigger and sustain self-renewal divisions in tissue stem cells remain poorly characterized. By modulating the levels of Hoxb4 and its co-factor Pbxl in primary hematopoietic cells (Hoxb4hiPbxl(10) cells), we report an in vitro expansion of mouse hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) by 105-fold over 2 weeks, with subsequent preservation of HSC properties. Clonal analyses of the hematopoietic system in recipients of expanded HSCs indicate that up to 70% of Hoxb4hiPbxl(10) stem cells prese ...[more]