Competition between hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells controls hematopoietic stem cell compartment size

Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) rely on a combination of paracrine signals produced by their niche, including SCF. Here the authors show that HSCs and hematopoietic progenitors compete for limited amounts of membrane-bound SCF.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Runfeng Miao, Harim Chun, Xing Feng, Ana Cordeiro Gomes, Jungmin Choi, João P. Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32228-w