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SUBMITTER: Li B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2938793 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Bei B Bailey Alexis S AS Jiang Shuguang S Liu Bin B Goldman Devorah C DC Fleming William H WH
Stem cell research 20090813 1
Recent studies suggest that endothelial cells are a critical component of the normal hematopoietic microenvironment. Therefore, we sought to determine whether primary endothelial cells have the capacity to repair damaged hematopoietic stem cells. Highly purified populations of primary CD31(+) microvascular endothelial cells isolated from the brain or lung did not express the pan hematopoietic marker CD45, most hematopoietic lineage markers, or the progenitor marker c-kit and did not give rise to ...[more]