2013
Piwi Genes Are Dispensable for Normal Hematopoiesis in Mice
Nolde MJ, Cheng EC, Guo S, Lin H. Piwi Genes Are Dispensable for Normal Hematopoiesis in Mice. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e71950. PMID: 24058407, PMCID: PMC3751959, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071950.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPiwi genesHematopoietic stem cellsNormal adult hematopoiesisPIWI protein familyStem cellsStem/progenitor cellsDiverse organismsAdult hematopoiesisProtein familyLong-term hematopoiesisMyeloablative stressCompetitive transplantationTransient expressionHuman leukemia cell linesHSC compartmentLeukemia cell linesGenesProliferative stateNormal hematopoiesisCell typesMIWI2Progenitor cellsLineage reconstitutionHematopoiesisCell proliferation
2010
MicroRNA miR-125a controls hematopoietic stem cell number
Guo S, Lu J, Schlanger R, Zhang H, Wang JY, Fox MC, Purton LE, Fleming HH, Cobb B, Merkenschlager M, Golub TR, Scadden DT. MicroRNA miR-125a controls hematopoietic stem cell number. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2010, 107: 14229-14234. PMID: 20616003, PMCID: PMC2922532, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913574107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHematopoietic stem cellsStem cell pool sizeStem cell stateLong-term hematopoietic stem cellsCell-autonomous mannerStem cellsStem cell populationCell pool sizeMiR-125aStem cell numbersHematopoietic stem cell numbersEnzyme DicerImmature hematopoietic progenitorsHematopoietic differentiationMutant animalsCell statesProgenitor cell apoptosisMicroRNA processing enzyme DicerMicroRNA clusterProapoptotic genesHSPC populationsHematopoietic expansionSpecific microRNAsUnique microRNAsHSPC apoptosis