Angiopoietin-like protein 3 promotes preservation of stemness during ex vivo expansion of murine hematopoietic stem cells.

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantations from umbilical cord blood or autologous HSCs for gene therapy purposes are hampered by limited number of stem cells. To test the ability to expand HSCs in vitro prior to transplantation, two growth factor cocktails containing stem cell factor...

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Main Authors: Elnaz Farahbakhshian, Monique M Verstegen, Trudi P Visser, Sima Kheradmandkia, Dirk Geerts, Shazia Arshad, Noveen Riaz, Frank Grosveld, Niek P van Til, Jules P P Meijerink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4149469?pdf=render