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Blood, 15 June 2007, Vol. 109, No. 12, pp. 5186-5190. Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on March 8, 2007; DOI 10.1182/blood-2006-08-044503.
HEMATOPOIESIS Studies of c-Mpl function distinguish the replication of hematopoietic stem cells from the expansion of differentiating clones1 Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Three properties define hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs): their capacity for quiescence and long survival, their ability to self-renew, and their ability to give rise to a multilineage clone of differentiating and maturing blood cells. Although it is likely that different signals regulate these events, this has been difficult to dissect on a molecular level, since HSC division, their fate decisions, and the earliest differentiation events cannot be directly visualized. Our studies of c-Mpl, the cellular receptor for the cytokine thrombopoietin, suggest that c-Mpl does not control HSC numbers, as had been previously argued, but rather facilitates the early expansion of differentiating clones. These experiments provide a strategy to distinguish the actions of HSCs from earliest progenitor cells in vivo and demonstrate that a selective growth advantage at a level distal to HSC can result in a profound effect on multilineage hematopoiesis.
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