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SUBMITTER: Stik G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5496607 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stik Gregoire G Crequit Simon S Petit Laurence L Durant Jennifer J Charbord Pierre P Jaffredo Thierry T Durand Charles C
The Journal of cell biology 20170619 7
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have been recently reported as crucial mediators in cell-to-cell communication in development and disease. In this study, we investigate whether mesenchymal stromal cells that constitute a supportive microenvironment for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) released EVs that could affect the gene expression and function of HSPCs. By taking advantage of two fetal liver-derived stromal lines with widely differing abilities to maintain HSPCs ex vivo, we demon ...[more]