Journal
STEM CELLS
Volume 26, Issue 5, Pages 1202-1210Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2007-0768
Keywords
hematopoietic stem cells; microenvironment; signal transduction; regeneration; Wnt; beta-catenin
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI067798, U19 AI067798] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK72234, DK63031] Funding Source: Medline
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Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) respond to injury by rapidly proliferating and regenerating the hematopoietic system. Little is known about the intracellular programs that are activated within HSCs during this regenerative process and how this response may be influenced by alterations in signals from the injured microenvironment. Here we have examined the regenerating microenvironment and find that following injury it has an enhanced ability to support HSCs. During this regenerative phase, both hematopoietic and stromal cell elements within the bone marrow microenvironment show increased expression of Wnt10b, which can function to enhance growth of hematopoietic precursors. In addition, regenerating HSCs show increased activation of Wnt signaling, suggesting that microenvironmental changes in Wnt expression after injury may be integrated with the responses of the hematopoietic progenitors. Cumulatively, our data reveal that growth signals in the hematopoietic system are re-activated during injury, and provide novel insight into the influence of the microenviromnent during regeneration.
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