Aging of the microenvironment influences clonality in hematopoiesis.

The mechanisms of the age-associated exponential increase in the incidence of leukemia are not known in detail. Leukemia as well as aging are initiated and regulated in multi-factorial fashion by cell-intrinsic and extrinsic factors. The role of aging of the microenvironment for leukemia initiation/...

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Main Authors: Virag Vas, Katharina Senger, Karin Dörr, Anja Niebel, Hartmut Geiger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3412859?pdf=render