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We determined that epithelial cells (ECs) also contributes to this balance. Mechanistically, EC-mediated protection occurred through a Toll-like receptor 3/Toll/IL-1 receptor domain-containing adaptor-inducing interferon (TLR3/TRIF)-dependent pathway converging on indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) v...
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PMID: 20835271
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We used a combination of comparative genomics, locus-wide chromatin immunoprecipitation assays, functional validation in cell lines, and extensive transgenic mouse assays to identify and characterize the complete ensemble of Gfi1 regulatory elements. This concerted effort identified five distinct re...
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PMID: 20516218
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The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a basic helix-loop-helix protein that belongs to the superfamily of environment-sensing PAS (Per-ARNT-Sim) proteins. A large number of ligands have been described to bind AhR and promote its nuclear translocation. In the nucleus, the AhR and its dimerization pa...
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PMID: 20171126
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Leptin, the product of obese gene, is a secreting protein that exerts multiple biological functions by binding to its receptor. Leptin regulates nutrient intake and metabolism, and is secreted from adipocytes, which occupy most of the bone marrow cavity and constitute the microenvironment. Leptin not...
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PMID: 20137154
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The aim of this study was to investigate the role of mesenchymal stem cells in the hematopoietic reconstitution of patients who had received haploidentical allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (hi-allo-HSCT). 15 patients who underwent treatment with both MSCs and HSCs, were selected as...
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PMID: 20137138
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We examined the global function of the SAP family using mice lacking SAP, EAT-2 and ERT. These adaptors acted together in a mechanism that was essential for the elimination of hematopoietic but not nonhematopoietic cells by NK cells. This function was mediated by many receptors of the SLAM family on...
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PMID: 19648922
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We have developed methods for visualizing zebrafish adipocytes in vivo by labeling neutral lipid droplets with Nile Red. Our results establish that neutral lipid droplets first accumulate in visceral adipocytes during larval stages and increase in number and distribution as zebrafish grow. We show t...
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PMID: 19366995
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Several important studies have been published recently addressing the embryonic development of hematopoietic stem cells. These studies have helped clarify several controversial topics in developmental hematopoiesis, including the concepts of the hemangioblast and hemogenic endothelium. In particular...
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PMID: 19491671
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Implantable three-dimensional (3D) constructs to engineer tissue have great therapeutic potential in regenerative medicine and immunotherapy. However, autonomous recruitment of cells into the engineered scaffold in vivo is hampered by lack of attracting scaffolds. As a first step to...
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PMID: 19108679
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Implantable three-dimensional (3D) constructs to engineer tissue have great therapeutic potential in regenerative medicine and immunotherapy. However, autonomous recruitment of cells into the engineered scaffold in vivo is hampered by lack of attracting scaffolds. As a first step to engineering immu...
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PMID: 19108679
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We find that miR-24 is upregulated during postmitotic differentiation of hematopoietic cell lines and regulates the histone variant H2AX, a protein that has a key role in the double-stranded break response. We show that the H2AX 3' untranslated region contains conserved miR-24 binding sites that are...
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PMID: 19377482
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We attained HESC subpopulations expressing two significantly different levels of Osx, following lentiviral gene transfer. Both subpopulations exhibited spontaneous differentiation and reduced expression of markers characteristic of the pluripotent phenotype, such as SSEA3, Tra1-60, and Nanog, In ord...
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PMID: 18932205
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We employed an OP9 differentiation system to characterize the hematopoietic and endothelial differentiation potential of seven human iPSC lines obtained from human fetal, neonatal, and adult fibroblasts through reprogramming with POU5F1, SOX2, NANOG, and LIN28 and compared it with the differentiatio...
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PMID: 19259936
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I review the activity of TAL-1, a basic-helix-loop-helix transcription factor, which plays a key role in the formation and functioning of both blood and endothelial systems, with a particular emphasis on recent data that associate TAL-1 with angiogenesis....
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PMID: 19527627
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We tested whether moderate expression of TRF2 in the hematopoietic system leads to cancer development in the mouse. TRF2 and a GFP-TRF2 fusion protein were introduced into hematopoietic precursors, and tested for function. TRF2 overexpressing cells were integrated into the hematopoietic system of C5...
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PMID: 20046894
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Chantal Lagresle-Peyrou,
Emmanuelle M Six,
Capucine Picard,
Frédéric Rieux-Laucat,
Vincent Michel,
Andrea Ditadi,
Corinne Demerens-de Chappedelaine,
Estelle Morillon,
Françoise Valensi,
Karen L Simon-Stoos,
James C Mullikin,
Lenora M Noroski,
Céline Besse,
Nicolas M Wulffraat,
Alina Ferster,
Manuel M Abecasis,
Fabien Calvo,
Christine Petit,
Fabio Candotti,
Laurent Abel,
Alain Fischer and
Marina Cavazzana-Calvo
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We identify biallelic mutations in AK2 (adenylate kinase 2) in seven individuals affected with reticular dysgenesis. These mutations result in absent or strongly decreased protein expression. We then demonstrate that restoration of AK2 expression in the bone marrow cells of individuals with reticula...
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PMID: 19043416
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We show that targeted deletion of the mouse Pot1b gene results in increased apoptosis in highly proliferative tissues. In the setting of telomerase haploinsufficiency, loss of Pot1b results in depletion of germ cells and complete bone marrow failure due to increased apoptosis, culminating in prematu...
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PMID: 18936156
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The purpose of this work was the study in experiments on mice of influence of mexidol on current and outcome of an acute radiation sickness. At an irradiation in a dose 6.0 Gy was studied a condition of hemopoietic system, and at an irradiation in a dose 7.7 Gy a survival rate of animals. In all exp...
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PMID: 19368329
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The overview presents an outline of the radiobiological mechanisms governing the origin of tissue reactions manifested by a number of systems influencing the course and the outcomes of chronic exposure of man. The issues under consideration include the key mechanisms of tissue reactions and adaptati...
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PMID: 19368316
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Sophia Adamia,
Amanda A Reichert,
Hemalatha Kuppusamy,
Jitra Kriangkum,
Anirban Ghosh,
Jennifer J Hodges,
Patrick M Pilarski,
Steven P Treon,
Michael J Mant,
Tony Reiman,
Andrew R Belch and
Linda M Pilarski
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We sequenced 3616 bp in HAS1 exons and introns involved in aberrant splicing, from 17 patients. We identified a total of 197 HAS1 genetic variations (GVs), a range of 3 to 24 GVs/patient, including 87 somatic GVs acquired in splicing regions of HAS1. Nearly all newly identified inherited and somatic...
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PMID: 18815290
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We report that W(sh) animals exhibit splenomegaly with expanded myeloid and megakaryocyte populations. Hematopoietic abnormalities extend to the bone marrow and are reflected by neutrophilia and thrombocytosis. In contrast, mast cell-deficient WBB6F1-Kit(W)/Kit(W-v) (W/W(v)) mice display mild neutro...
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PMID: 18988802
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We were interested in determining which infiltrating hematopoietic cells produce IFN-gamma within the 4T1 tumor microenvironment. 4T1 tumors were infiltrated with progressively increasing numbers of F4/80(+)/CD11c(+) myeloid cells, many of which were also Gr-1(+), and Gr-1(+)/CD11b(+) granulocytes....
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PMID: 18929358
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John E Pimanda,
Wan Y I Chan,
Nicola K Wilson,
Aileen M Smith,
Sarah Kinston,
Kathy Knezevic,
Mary E Janes,
Josette-Renée Landry,
Anja Kolb-Kokocinski,
Jonathan Frampton,
David Tannahill,
Katrin Ottersbach,
George A Follows,
Georges Lacaud,
Valerie Kouskoff and
Berthold Göttgens
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We have previously shown that an upstream enhancer, Eng -8, together with the promoter region, mediates robust endothelial expression yet is inactive in blood. To identify hematopoietic regulatory elements, we used array-based methods to determine chromatin accessibility across the entire locus. Sub...
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PMID: 18805961
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We used in vitro and mouse transplantation assays to study hematopoiesis in trisomy 21 fetal livers with normal GATA1 alleles. Remarkably, trisomy 21 progenitors exhibited enhanced production of erythroid and megakaryocytic cells that proliferated excessively. Our findings indicate that trisomy 21 i...
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PMID: 18812473
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Heon H Park,
Karen K Staehling-Hampton,
Mark W MW Appleby,
Mary E ME Brunkow,
Tania T Habib,
Yi Y Zhang,
Fred F Ramsdell,
H Denny HD Liggitt,
Brian B Freie,
Mark M Tsang,
George G Carlson,
Sherree S Friend,
Charles C Frevert and
Brian M BM Iritani
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We positionally cloned a nonsense mutation in the Hem1 gene. Hem1 deficiency results in defective F-actin polymerization and actin capping in lymphocytes and neutrophils caused by loss of the Rac-controlled actin-regulatory WAVE protein complex. T cell development is disrupted in Hem1-deficient mice...
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PMID: 19015308
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We hypothesized the protoxicants would attain greater systemic exposure and therefore deliver higher doses of acrolein to the internal organs. By extension, the higher systemic exposure to acrolein we hypothesized should lead to more internal organ toxicity in the allyl acetate and allyl alcohol tre...
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PMID: 18817840
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The role of intracellular Ca2+ (Ca2+i) on hematopoiesis was investigated in long term bone marrow cultures using cytokines and agonists of P2 receptors. Cytokines interleukin 3 and granulocyte/macrophage colony stimulator factor promoted a modest increase in Ca2+i concentration ([Ca2+]i) with activa...
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PMID: 18775989
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Primary myelofibrosis (PMF) is the rarest and the most severe Philadelphia-negative chronic myeloproliferative syndrome. By associating a clonal proliferation and a mobilization of hematopoietic stem cells from bone marrow to spleen with profound alterations of the stroma, PMF is a remarkable model...
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PMID: 18669872
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We also provide evidence that SGC and GC most likely differentiate to maturation as separate lineages. We found that after laminarin or lipopolysaccharide (LPS) injection into crayfish, the transcript levels of PCNA and SOD increased in the Hpt cells, whereas the KPI transcript never was present in...
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PMID: 18814328
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Junko Kato,
Hiroko Hisha,
Xiao-Li Wang,
Tomomi Mizokami,
Satoshi Okazaki,
Qing Li,
Chang-Ye Song,
Masahiko Maki,
Naoki Hosaka,
Yasushi Adachi,
Muneo Inaba and
Susumu Ikehara
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These results indicate that the CD56 molecule is expressed on both HSCs and BM stromal cells (containing MSCs) in monkeys, and therefore it can be speculated that CD56 also contributes to the human hematopoietic system....
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PMID: 18575864
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We investigated the hematopoietic response of rats pretreated with CV and exposed to the impact of acute escapable, inescapable or psychogenical stress on responsiveness to an in vivo challenge with Listeria monocytogenes. No consistent changes were observed after exposure to escapable footshock. Co...
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PMID: 18420376
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In this article, whole mount in situ hybridization is used to examine early blood vessel and blood cell development in the embryos of the brown trout Salmo trutta lacustris. cDNAs encoding for the angiogenic markers fli1 and flk1, and for the hematopoietic markers gata1 and gata2, were identified fr...
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PMID: 18512703
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We show that PI3K activity specifically overrides delayed mechanisms effecting permanent G(1) and G(2) phase arrests, but does not affect transient checkpoints arresting cells up to 10 hours after gamma-irradiation. Assessing the status of cell cycle regulators in hematopoietic cells arrested after...
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PMID: 18769155
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We have produced and characterised reporter knock-in CD45-YFP and CD45-Cre mice that drive expression of yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) and Cre-recombinase, respectively under control of the haematopoietic CD45 locus. CD45-YFP expression was characterised in various haematopoietic cells population...
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PMID: 18602924
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We show that central tolerance of MHC class I-restricted T cells specific for classic myelin basic protein (MBP), a component of the myelin sheath, is mediated by both bone marrow (BM)-derived and nonBM-derived cells. Unexpectedly, BM-derived cells induce tolerance directly by using classic MBP that...
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PMID: 18772374
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We show that a MDS can be transplanted to WT recipients. Recipients of the MDS bone marrow displayed all of the critical features of MDS, including peripheral blood cytopenias, dysplasia, and transformation to AML. Even when transplanted with a 10-fold excess of WT cells, the NHD13 cells outcompeted...
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PMID: 18768819
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We can isolate some of them using sorting methods with specific antibodies. The molecular characterization of these stem populations will be critical to developing an effective therapy for these tumours with very dismal prognosis. To achieve this aim, the development of a mouse model which recapitul...
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PMID: 18782002
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We developed a transgenic model of Cre recombinase-mediated activation of a constitutively active mouse Notch1 allele (N1ICD(+)) and studied transgene activation in Tie2-expressing lineages. The in vivo phenotype was compared to effects of Notch1 activation on endothelial tubulogenesis, paracrine re...
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PMID: 18617694
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We deleted c-myc in selected cell lineages. Embryos lacking c-myc in endothelial and hematopoietic lineages phenocopied those lacking c-myc in the entire embryo proper. At embryonic day (E) 10.5, both mutant embryos were grossly normal, had initiated primitive hematopoiesis, and both survived until...
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PMID: 18550710
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We provide an overview of current knowledge of membrane proximal events in signaling by inhibitory/regulatory receptors focusing on structural and functional characteristics of receptors and their effectors Src homology 2 (SH2) domain-containing tyrosine phosphatase 1 and SH2 domain-containing inosi...
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PMID: 18759919
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The coelomic fluid of the echinoderm Asterias rubens possesses large populations of circulating coelomocytes. This study aimed to expand the knowledge about the haematopoietic sources of these cells. Injection of the immune-stimulating molecules lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and concanavalin A (ConA) res...
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PMID: 18689408
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We present how a new flow technology, the ImageStream (Amnis Corporation, Seattle, WA), blends morphology and flow cytometry and can be used to analyze cell populations in ways not possible by standard histology or flow cytometry alone. The ImageStream captures brightfield, darkfield and multiple fl...
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PMID: 18539294
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These results suggested that mM-CSF should be a positive regulator in the development of hematopoietic malignancies by abnormally activating infiltrating macrophages, which in turn promote the malignant development. Thus, mM-CSF may be a critical linker between macrophages and malignant cells in the...
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PMID: 18632616
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We generated mice with interferon-inducible deletion of Cul4A. Cul4A deficiency resulted in DNA damage and apoptosis of rapidly dividing cells, and mutant mice died within 3 to 10 days after induction with dramatic atrophy of the intestinal villi, bone marrow, and spleen, and with hematopoietic fail...
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PMID: 18339895
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We demonstrate that IL-3 expands a subset of CD45+ circulating angiogenic cells clonally derived from the hemopoietic progenitors. Moreover, CD45+ cells exposed to IL-3 acquire arterial specification and contribute to the formation of vessels in vivo. Depletion of signal transducer and activator of...
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PMID: 18460645
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We now show a previously undescribed role for FcRn in mediating the presentation of antigens by dendritic cells when antigens are present as a complex with antibody by uniquely directing multimeric immune complexes, but not monomeric IgG, to lysosomes....
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PMID: 18599440
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We studied the effects of temporary myocardial ischaemia and reperfusion in blood cell-restricted beta1 integrin knockout mice (beta1(-/-)). The left descending coronary artery in conditional beta1(-/-) integrin (beta1(-/-)), beta1 integrin +/+ (beta1(+/+)) and beta1 integrin -/- bone marrow chimeri...
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PMID: 18296493
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Gianfranco Tomei,
Manuela Ciarrocca,
Assunta Capozzella,
Maria Fiaschetti,
Enrico Tomao,
Chiara Cangemi,
Maria Valeria Rosati,
Daniela Cerratti,
Maria Francesca Anzani,
Benedetta Pimpinella,
Carlo Monti and
Francesco Tomei
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The aim of the study is to evaluate if occupational exposure to urban stressors could cause alterations in red blood cells (RBC), hemoglobin (HGB), hematocrit (HCT), mean cell volume (MCV), mean cell hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentrations (MCHC) in traffic police compared to a...
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PMID: 18544891
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We identified a zebrafish homolog of Gfi1 (named gfi1.1) and analyzed its function during embryonic development. Expression of both an endogenous gfi1.1 gene and a GFP reporter gene inserted near its genomic locus was detected in hematopoietic cells of zebrafish embryos. Morpholino (MO) knockdown of...
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PMID: 18504458
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This review is focused on methods that are used to derive hematopoietic cells from embryonic stem cells (ESCs). One of the strategies that have been recently used to achieve this goal is an approach of mimicking the hematopoietic niche in vitro by using hematopoiesis-supportive feeder cells, cocktai...
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PMID: 18593612
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We show that soluble MD-2 (sMD-2) circulates in plasma of healthy individuals as a polymeric protein. The total amount of sMD-2 in septic plasma was strongly elevated and contained both sMD-2 polymers and monomers, the latter representing the putative biologically active form of MD-2. Moreover, duri...
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PMID: 18384879
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We previously demonstrated that when isolated epidermal stem cells were placed into an embryonic environment, their potential was extended beyond the keratinocyte lineage. Here, we present evidence that cells isolated using a modification of our published method for epidermal stem cells can be speci...
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PMID: 18094731
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We measured both innate and adaptive immune responses of flagellin-treated MyD88 radiation bone marrow chimeras. We observed that radiosensitive and radioresistant cells played distinct roles in the innate response to flagellin, with the radiosensitive cells producing the majority of the TNF-alpha,...
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PMID: 18490717
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We have examined the regenerating microenvironment and find that following injury it has an enhanced ability to support HSCs. During this regenerative phase, both hematopoietic and stromal cell elements within the bone marrow microenvironment show increased expression of Wnt10b, which can function t...
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PMID: 18308947
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We examined whether CPM is expressed by hematopoietic and stromal cells and could degrade stromal cell-derived factor (SDF)-1alpha, a potent chemoattractant for hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPC). We found that (a) CPM transcript is expressed by bone marrow (BM) and mobilized peripheral bloo...
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PMID: 18292211
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We assess the concordance of histone H3 lysine 4 dimethylation (H3K4me2) and trimethylation (H3K4me3) on a genome-wide scale in erythroid development by analyzing pluripotent, multipotent, and unipotent cell types. Although H3K4me2 and H3K4me3 are concordant at most genes, multipotential hematopoiet...
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PMID: 18477461
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We assessed the role of Prv-1 in thrombopoietin (Tpo)/Mpl signaling with the goal of identifying molecular mechanisms which augment Tpo-induced proliferation. By engineering the cytokine-dependent hematopoietic cell line BaF3 to express both Prv-1 and wild-type or mutant forms of Mpl, we were able t...
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PMID: 17980909
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HIV-associated hematological abnormalities involve all lineages of blood cells, thus implying that the virus impairs the function of early HSCs. However, the underlying mechanisms of this defect are unknown, particularly since HSCs are largely resistant to HIV-1 infection. In this issue of the JCI,...
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PMID: 18431512
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We report that CXCL12 produced by bone marrow (BM) stromal cells is not only the major chemoattractant for HSCs but also a regulatory factor that controls the quiescence of primitive hematopoietic cells. Addition of CXCL12 into the culture inhibits entry of primitive hematopoietic cells into the cel...
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PMID: 18378795
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