PMID: 9551365Apr 29, 1998Paper

Hematopoietic progenitor cells of lymphocytes and dendritic cells

Journal of Immunotherapy
A GalyB P Chen

Abstract

Lymphocytes and dendritic cells (DCs) are critical for immune responses, yet how they develop from pluripotent hematopoietic stem cells is poorly defined. In humans and mice, it is possible to isolate phenotypically defined subsets of bone marrow (BM) cells that represent intermediate progenitors without long-term repopulating characteristics but with specific lineage differentiation properties. For instance, murine BM CD34+ CD45RA+ cells are progenitors for B and T lymphocytes with no in vivo repopulation activity. In human BM, a small subset (5%) of cells having the phenotype CD34+ Lin- CD10+ CD45RA+ CD38+ Thy-1- c-kit- represents a new class of hematopoietic progenitor cells that gives rise to lymphocytes [T, B, and natural killer (NK) cells] and to DCs but does not produce myeloid or erythroid cells. The identification of such progenitor cells provides the opportunity to define the differentiation and growth requirements for the production of lymphocytes and DCs. Genes involved in lineage specification can also be studied. Altogether, these studies have fundamental implications for understanding the biology of pivotal lineages of immune cells. This understanding could be used to treat a variety of immunodeficiencies and to ...Continue Reading

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Nov 7, 2000·Experimental Hematology·H NakayamaM Harada
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