Snai2 Maintains Bone Marrow Niche Cells by Repressing Osteopontin Expression

Qiaozhi Wei, Fumio Nakahara, Noboru Asada, Dachuan Zhang, Xin Gao, Chunliang Xu, Alan Alfieri, N. Patrik Brodin, Samuel E. Zimmerman, Jessica C. Mar, Chandan Guha, Wenjun Guo, Paul S. Frenette

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Abstract

Wei et al. found that Snai2 is preferentially expressed and required in bone marrow mesenchymal stem and progenitor cells (MSPCs) for their maintenance and regeneration. The authors show that Snai2 promotes self-renewal by suppressing Spp1 expression in MSPCs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)503-513.e5
JournalDevelopmental cell
Volume53
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 8 2020

Keywords

  • Snai2/Slug
  • bone marrow
  • hematopoietic stem cell niche
  • mesenchymal stem and progenitor cells
  • osteopontin/Spp1
  • self-renewal
  • stromal cells
  • transcriptional regulation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Developmental Biology
  • Cell Biology

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