Developmental HSC microenvironments: Lessons from zebrafish

Sara Nik, Joshua T. Weinreb, Teresa V. Bowman

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Abstract

Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) posses the ability to maintain the blood system of an organism from birth to adulthood. The behavior of HSCs is modulated by its microenvironment. During development, HSCs acquire the instructions to self-renew and differentiate into all blood cell fates by passing through several developmental microenvironments. In this chapter, we discuss the signals and cell types that inform HSC decisions throughout ontogeny with a focus on HSC specification, mobilization, migration, and engraftment.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
PublisherSpringer New York LLC
Pages33-53
Number of pages21
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

Publication series

NameAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Volume1041
ISSN (Print)0065-2598
ISSN (Electronic)2214-8019

Keywords

  • Blood development
  • Hematopoietic niche
  • Hematopoietic stem cell
  • Zebrafish

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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