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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-5-8
pubmed:abstractText
Stromal cells of the bone marrow can provide the growth-promoting and differentiation-inducing molecules which are necessary for haemopoiesis. While the nature of these stimuli is largely unknown, the development of haemopoietic cells in association with stromal cells requires intimate cell contact. Molecules of the extracellular matrix, such as heparan sulphate, are able to bind growth factors and in this way the stromal cells may form microenvironmental niches which preferentially promote development of multipotent and committed cells along discrete lineages. Cells from some patients with acute and chronic myeloid and lymphoid leukaemias are defective in their ability to interact with stromal cells and consequently cannot survive in stromal cell-mediated long-term marrow cultures. We have exploited this phenomenon to obtain normal haemopoietic cells from patients with leukaemia, and to use these cells for successful autografting in patients with acute and chronic myeloid leukaemias.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0300-5208
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
148
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
76-86; discussion 86-95
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Stromal cells in haemopoiesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Experimental Haematology, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Withington, Manchester, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't