The bone marrow hematopoietic niche and its adaptation to infection

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2021

Authors

Pego, AP (Author) ICBAS; Saraiva, M (Author) Other; Gomes, MS (Author) ICBAS

Journal

The Journal is awaiting validation by the Administrative Services.

Title: SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Vol. 112

Pages: 37-48

ISSN: 1084-9521

Publisher: ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

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Authenticus ID: P-00S-AQ1

DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2020.05.014

Abstract (EN): Hematopoiesis is responsible for the formation of all blood cells from hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) in the bone marrow (BM). It is a highly regulated process, in order to adapt its cellular output to changing body requirements. Specific microenvironmental conditions within the BM must exist in order to maintain HSC pluripotency and self-renewal, as well as to ensure appropriate differentiation of progenitor cells towards each hematopoietic lineage. Those conditions were coined ?the hematopoietic niche? and their identity in terms of cell types, location and soluble molecular components has been the subject of intense research in the last decades. Infections are one of the environmental challenges to which hematopoiesis must respond, to feed the immune system with functional cell components and compensate for cellular losses. However, how infections impact the bone marrow hematopoietic niche(s) remains elusive and most of the mechanisms involved are still largely unknown. Here, we review the most recent advances on our knowledge on the hematopoietic niche composition and regulation during homeostasis and also on how the niche responds to infectious stress.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 12