Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Proliferation dynamics of acute myeloid leukaemia and haematopoietic progenitors competing for bone marrow space

  • O. Akinduro,
  • T. S. Weber,
  • H. Ang,
  • M. L. R. Haltalli,
  • N. Ruivo,
  • D. Duarte,
  • N. M. Rashidi,
  • E. D. Hawkins,
  • K. R. Duffy,
  • C. Lo Celso

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02376-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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How leukaemia cells invade the bone marrow by outcompeting haematopoietic cells is still unclear. Here, the authors used detailed cell number measurements in conjunction with a dual pulse labelling method to determine proliferation rates and followed the in vivo dynamics of AML disease progression.