Nature Communications (Mar 2016)
Inductive interactions mediated by interplay of asymmetric signalling underlie development of adult haematopoietic stem cells
Abstract
It is unclear how the microenvironment of the aorta-gonad-mesonephros influences haematopoietic stem cell (HSC) production early in mouse development. Here, Souilhol et al. use an in vitroaggregate system as a tool to understand how several pathways, BMP, SCF and Shh, may regulate HSC production.