Clearing the Haze: How Does Nicotine Affect Hematopoiesis before and after Birth?
Hematopoiesis is a tightly regulated process orchestrated by cell-intrinsic and cell-extrinsic cues. Over the past several decades, much effort has been focused on understanding how these cues regulate hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) function. Many endogenous key regulators of hematopoiesis have been...
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| description | Hematopoiesis is a tightly regulated process orchestrated by cell-intrinsic and cell-extrinsic cues. Over the past several decades, much effort has been focused on understanding how these cues regulate hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) function. Many endogenous key regulators of hematopoiesis have been identified and extensively characterized. Less is known about the mechanisms of long-term effects of environmental toxic compounds on hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) and their mature immune cell progeny. Research over the past several decades has demonstrated that tobacco products are extremely toxic and pose huge risks to human health by causing diseases like cancer, respiratory illnesses, strokes, and more. Recently, electronic cigarettes have been promoted as a safer alternative to traditional tobacco products and have become increasingly popular among younger generations. Nicotine, the highly toxic compound found in many traditional tobacco products, is also found in most electronic cigarettes, calling into question their purported “safety”. Although it is known that nicotine is toxic, the pathophysiology of disease in exposed people remains under investigation. One plausible contributor to altered disease susceptibility is altered hematopoiesis and associated immune dysfunction. In this review, we focus on research that has addressed how HSCs and mature blood cells respond to nicotine, as well as identify remaining questions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-95bb0b98887f4205b3dc7dc87e49488d2023-11-23T11:17:26ZengMDPI AGCancers2072-66942021-12-0114118410.3390/cancers14010184Clearing the Haze: How Does Nicotine Affect Hematopoiesis before and after Birth?Taylor Cool0Alessandra Rodriguez y Baena1E. Camilla Forsberg2Program in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Institute for the Biology of Stem Cells, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USAProgram in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Institute for the Biology of Stem Cells, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USAInstitute for the Biology of Stem Cells, Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USAHematopoiesis is a tightly regulated process orchestrated by cell-intrinsic and cell-extrinsic cues. Over the past several decades, much effort has been focused on understanding how these cues regulate hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) function. Many endogenous key regulators of hematopoiesis have been identified and extensively characterized. Less is known about the mechanisms of long-term effects of environmental toxic compounds on hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) and their mature immune cell progeny. Research over the past several decades has demonstrated that tobacco products are extremely toxic and pose huge risks to human health by causing diseases like cancer, respiratory illnesses, strokes, and more. Recently, electronic cigarettes have been promoted as a safer alternative to traditional tobacco products and have become increasingly popular among younger generations. Nicotine, the highly toxic compound found in many traditional tobacco products, is also found in most electronic cigarettes, calling into question their purported “safety”. Although it is known that nicotine is toxic, the pathophysiology of disease in exposed people remains under investigation. One plausible contributor to altered disease susceptibility is altered hematopoiesis and associated immune dysfunction. In this review, we focus on research that has addressed how HSCs and mature blood cells respond to nicotine, as well as identify remaining questions.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/14/1/184hematopoiesishematopoietic stem cellsnicotineimmunityimmune dysfunctionwhite blood cells |
| spellingShingle | Taylor Cool Alessandra Rodriguez y Baena E. Camilla Forsberg Clearing the Haze: How Does Nicotine Affect Hematopoiesis before and after Birth? Cancers hematopoiesis hematopoietic stem cells nicotine immunity immune dysfunction white blood cells |
| title | Clearing the Haze: How Does Nicotine Affect Hematopoiesis before and after Birth? |
| title_full | Clearing the Haze: How Does Nicotine Affect Hematopoiesis before and after Birth? |
| title_fullStr | Clearing the Haze: How Does Nicotine Affect Hematopoiesis before and after Birth? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clearing the Haze: How Does Nicotine Affect Hematopoiesis before and after Birth? |
| title_short | Clearing the Haze: How Does Nicotine Affect Hematopoiesis before and after Birth? |
| title_sort | clearing the haze how does nicotine affect hematopoiesis before and after birth |
| topic | hematopoiesis hematopoietic stem cells nicotine immunity immune dysfunction white blood cells |
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