Sleepwalking stem cells

Blood. 2017 Apr 6;129(14):1887-1888. doi: 10.1182/blood-2017-02-769059.

Abstract

In this issue of Blood, Bernitz et al show that granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) selectively mobilizes nondividing hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). A majority of the HSCs remain quiescent after mobilization and ultimately return to the bone marrow without dividing. Thus, G-CSF does not uniformly drive adult HSCs into cycle.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Stem Cells*