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BLOOD
卷 107, 期 6, 页码 2317-2321出版社
AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-06-2249
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [5PO-HL54785] Funding Source: Medline
The hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) is a unique cell type found in bone marrow, which has the capacity for both self-renewal and differentiation into all blood lineages. The identification of genes expressed specifically in HSCs may help identify gene products vital to the control of self-renewal and/or dilferentiation, as well as antigens capable of forming the basis for improved methods of stem cell isolation. In previous studies, we identified a number of genes that appeared to be differentially expressed in murine bone marrow-derived HSCs, using microarray technology. We report here that one of those genes, encoding the murine endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR), is expressed at high levels within the bone marrow in HSCs. Bone marrow cells isolated on the basis of EPCR expression alone are highly enriched for hematopoietic reconstitution activity, showing levels of engraftment in vivo comparable to that of stem cells purified using the most effective conventional methods. Moreover, evaluation of cell populations first enriched for stem cell activity by conventional methods and subsequently fractionated on the basis of EPCR expression indicates that stem cell activity is always associated with EPCR-expressing cells. Based on our findings, we believe EPCR represents the first known marker that 'explicitly' identifies hematopoietic stem cells within murine bone marrow.
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