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Lung as a Niche for Hematopoietic Progenitors

Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, ISSN: 1558-6804, Vol: 13, Issue: 5, Page: 567-574
2017
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  • Citations
    60
  • Captures
    73
  • Social Media
    40
    • Shares, Likes & Comments
      40
      • Facebook
        40

Article Description

Platelets are released from megakaryocytes. The bone marrow has been proposed to be the major site where this process occurs. Lefrançais et al. (2017) using state-of-the-art techniques including two-photon microscopy, in vivo lineage-tracing technologies, and sophisticated lung transplants reveal that the lung is also a primary site for platelet biogenesis. Strikingly, lung megakaryocytes can completely reconstitute platelet counts in the blood in mice with thrombocytopenia. This study also shows that hematopoietic progenitors, with capacity to repopulate the bone marrow after irradiation, are present in the lungs. This work brings a novel unexpected role for the lung as a niche for hematopoiesis. The emerging knowledge from this research may be important for the treatment of several disorders.

Bibliographic Details

Borges, Isabella; Sena, Isadora; Azevedo, Patrick; Andreotti, Julia; Almeida, Viviani; Paiva, Ana; Santos, Gabryella; Guerra, Daniel; Prazeres, Pedro; Mesquita, Luiza Lousado; Silva, Luanny Souto de Barros; Leonel, Caroline; Mintz, Akiva; Birbrair, Alexander

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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