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SUBMITTER: Casati A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3131989 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Casati A A Frascoli M M Traggiai E E Proietti M M Schenk U U Grassi F F
Cell death and differentiation 20100827 3
Extracellular nucleotides regulate many cellular functions through activation of purinergic receptors in the plasma membrane. Here, we show that in hematopoietic stem cell (HSC), ATP is stored in vesicles and released in a calcium-sensitive manner. HSC expresses ATP responsive P2X receptors and in vitro pharmacological P2X antagonism restrained hematopoietic progenitors proliferation, but not myeloid differentiation. In mice suffering from chronic inflammation, HSCs were significantly expanded a ...[more]