Volume 26, No 9, Sep 2016

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
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Volume 26 Issue 9, September 2016: 975-976

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Dissecting the bone marrow hematopoietic stem cell niches

Meng Zhao^1,2 and Linheng Li^1,3

¹Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
²Center for Stem Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering, Department of Pathophysiology, Zhongshan Medical School, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China
³Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA Correspondence: Linheng Li,(LIL@stowers.org)

Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) sponsoring hematopoiesis are preserved in the bone marrow (BM) microenvironment or niche. Here, Itkin et al. demonstrate how distinct blood vessels contribute to HSC maintenance and hematopoiesis in the BM niches.

10.1038/cr.2016.71

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