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LEUKEMIA
Volume 21, Issue 2, Pages 311-319Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2404488
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human; hematopoiesis; stem cells; cord blood; lymphoid progenitor
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Hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow ( BM) give rise to all blood cells. According to the classic model of hematopoiesis, the differentiation paths leading to the myeloid and lymphoid lineages segregate early. A candidate 'common lymphoid progenitor' (CLP) has been isolated from CD34(+)CD38(-) human cord blood cells based on CD7 expression. Here, we confirm the B- and NK-differentiation potential of CD34(+)CD38(-)CD7(-) cells and show in addition that this population has strong capacity to differentiate into T cells. As CD34(+)CD38(-)CD7(+) cells are virtually devoid of myeloid differentiation potential, these cells represent true CLPs. To unravel the molecular mechanisms underlying lymphoid commitment, we performed genome-wide gene expression profiling on sorted CD34(+)CD38(-)CD7(+) and CD34(+)CD38(-)CD7(+) cells. Interestingly, lymphoid-affiliated genes were mainly upregulated in the CD7(+) population, while myeloid-specific genes were downregulated. This supports the hypothesis that lineage commitment is accompanied by the shutdown of inappropriate gene expression and the upregulation of lineage-specific genes. In addition, we identified several highly expressed genes that have not been described in hematopoiesis before.
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