Proliferative senescence in hematopoietic stem cells during ex-vivo expansion.

The good outcome of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation is hampered by low doses of CD34+ cell infusion. Transplanted HSCs undergo a replicative stress that causes accelerated senescence due to rapid telomere shortening. The expansion of human cord blood HSCs is instrumental in obtaining a...

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Main Authors: Loretta Gammaitoni, Wanda Piacibello, Ymera Pignochino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Via Medica 2005-12-01
Series:Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
Online Access:http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4596