Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Inductive interactions mediated by interplay of asymmetric signalling underlie development of adult haematopoietic stem cells

  • Céline Souilhol,
  • Christèle Gonneau,
  • Javier G. Lendinez,
  • Antoniana Batsivari,
  • Stanislav Rybtsov,
  • Heather Wilson,
  • Lucia Morgado-Palacin,
  • David Hills,
  • Samir Taoudi,
  • Jennifer Antonchuk,
  • Suling Zhao,
  • Alexander Medvinsky

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10784
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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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.