In this issue of Blood, Corselli et al purify CD1461 pericytes from human adipose or fetal bone marrow and demonstrate that these cells are capable of supporting the self-renewal and proliferation of transplantable human cord blood hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs).
Jean-Pierre Levesque. A niche in a dish: pericytes support HSC. Blood. 2013 Apr 11;121(15):2816-8
PMID: 23580633
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