The molecular basis of endothelial cell plasticity

E Dejana, KK Hirschi, M Simons - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
The endothelium is capable of remarkable plasticity. In the embryo, primitive endothelial
cells differentiate to acquire arterial, venous or lymphatic fates. Certain endothelial cells also …

RUNX transcription factors: orchestrators of development

R Mevel, JE Draper, M Lie-a-Ling, V Kouskoff… - …, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT RUNX transcription factors orchestrate many different aspects of biology,
including basic cellular and developmental processes, stem cell biology and tumorigenesis …

Runx transcription factors in the development and function of the definitive hematopoietic system

M de Bruijn, E Dzierzak - Blood, The Journal of the American …, 2017 - ashpublications.org
The Runx family of transcription factors (Runx1, Runx2, and Runx3) are highly conserved
and encode proteins involved in a variety of cell lineages, including blood and blood-related …

Improved hematopoietic differentiation efficiency of gene-corrected beta-thalassemia induced pluripotent stem cells by CRISPR/Cas9 system

B Song, Y Fan, W He, D Zhu, X Niu… - Stem cells and …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
The generation of beta-thalassemia (β-Thal) patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells
(iPSCs), subsequent homologous recombination-based gene correction of disease-causing …

Specification and function of hemogenic endothelium during embryogenesis

E Gritz, KK Hirschi - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2016 - Springer
Hemogenic endothelium is a specialized subset of developing vascular endothelium that
acquires hematopoietic potential and can give rise to multilineage hematopoietic stem and …

Concealed expansion of immature precursors underpins acute burst of adult HSC activity in foetal liver

S Rybtsov, A Ivanovs, S Zhao, A Medvinsky - Development, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
One day prior to mass emergence of haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in the foetal liver at
E12. 5, the embryo contains only a few definitive HSCs. It is thought that the burst of HSC …

Vascular niche promotes hematopoietic multipotent progenitor formation from pluripotent stem cells

JL Gori, JM Butler, YY Chan… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) represent an alternative hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) source
for treating hematopoietic disease. The limited engraftment of human PSC–derived (hPSC …

RUNX1 deficiency (familial platelet disorder with predisposition to myeloid leukemia, FPDMM)

B Schlegelberger, PG Heller - Seminars in hematology, 2017 - Elsevier
In this review, we discuss disease-causing alterations of RUNT-related transcription factor 1
(RUNX1), a master regulator of hematopoietic differentiation. Familial platelet disorder with …

Understanding hematopoietic stem cell development through functional correlation of their proliferative status with the intra-aortic cluster architecture

A Batsivari, S Rybtsov, C Souilhol, A Binagui-Casas… - Stem Cell Reports, 2017 - cell.com
During development, hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) emerge in the aorta-gonad-
mesonephros (AGM) region through a process of multi-step maturation and expansion …

Recent advances in developmental hematopoiesis: diving deeper with new technologies

B Weijts, L Yvernogeau, C Robin - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The journey of a hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) involves the passage through successive
anatomical sites where HSCs are in direct contact with their surrounding microenvironment …