Understanding of leukemias also could be aided by insight
into the hematopoietic stem cell regulatory circuitry, said Singh.
Professor Kyurkchiev's group is currently developing a project on the controlled differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells
into hematopoietic stem cells and lymphoid cells.
Since then he has continued to investigate new strategies to overcome the major hurdles to safe and effective gene transfer, translate then into new therapeutic strategies for genetic disease and cancer, and allowed new insights
into hematopoietic stem cell function, induction of immunological tolerance and tumor angiogenesis.
Not exact matches
Other adult
stems cells exist — such as
hematopoietic stem cells, which can generate all types of blood cell and mesenchymal
stem cells, which can turn
into bone, fat and cartilage cells.
In this reconstituted schematic,
hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) transplanted in a mouse model of Friedreich's ataxia differentiate
into microglial cells (red) and transfer mitochondrial protein (green) to neurons (blue), preventing neurodegeneration.
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that a single infusion of wildtype
hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs)
into a mouse model of Friedreich's ataxia (FA) measurably halted cellular damage caused by the degenerative disease.
The blood ancestors are usually called
hematopoietic stem cells; these cells were classically defined as a specific category of multipotent cells at the top of the hierarchy that can differentiate
into any blood cell type by following a deterministic program.
She then followed up with a closer look at role of the Igf2 signaling pathway in coaxing quiescent
hematopoietic stem cells to start dividing and maturing
into multi-lineage progenitors that ultimately give rise to specialized blood cells.
Researchers have known that aberrations in the methylation of
hematopoietic, or blood - forming,
stem cells (HSCs) can prevent them from differentiating
into mature blood cells, leading to AML.
Aging is a key risk factor for sAML because, over time,
hematopoietic stem cells (which give rise to all other blood cell types) accumulate DNA mutations and changes in other molecules that put DNA instructions
into action, such as RNA and proteins.
Because of their remarkable ability to renew themselves and differentiate
into other cells,
hematopoietic stems cells are the focus of intense research and have been used to treat many diseases and conditions.
Following introduction
into human CD4 + T cells [23] or
hematopoietic stem cells [28] via an adenovirus vector or DNA nucleofection, respectively, the ccr5 gene was efficiently and specifically disrupted.
The researchers focused on how
hematopoietic stem cells developed
into one of two types of white blood cells: macrophages or neutrophils.
Forced aggregation of defined numbers of human embryonic
stem cells
into embryoid bodies fosters robust, reproducible
hematopoietic differentiation.
In response, St. Jude researchers have re-engineered a lentivirus to function as a vector to ferry a normal copy of IL2RG
into the patients»
hematopoietic stem cells.
Efficient gene transfer
into rhesus repopulating
hematopoietic stem cells using a simian immunodeficiency virus - based lentiviral vector system.
In this work, we transplanted
hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells
into the substantia nigra of brains of two different mouse models of Parkinson's disease.