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International Journal of Cell Cloning, Vol 7, 281-291, Copyright © 1989 by AlphaMed Press

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Stromal cells of hemopoietic origin

D Zipori and M Tamir
Department of Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Hemopoiesis is a multistep process involving stem cell renewal, commitment, differentiation, maturation and consequent positioning of the cells within the tissue. Stromal cells are a major component of the hemopoietic microenvironment. The in vitro culture of cloned stromal cells has enabled detailed analysis of their functions and has provided answers relating to the contribution of stromal cells to the control of hemopoiesis. Cultured stromal cells were found to support the renewal of stem cells through a mechanism that did not seem to involve already known cytokines. Cloned stromal cells from both marrow and thymus supported the in vitro accumulation of myeloid as well as T and B lymphoid cells. Thus, cloned stromal cells had the ability to induce multilineage hemopoiesis, irrespective of the organ from which they were derived. Invariably, stromal cells tended to select in culture for hemopoietic cells at early differentiation stages and restricted the accumulation of mature cells. These functions may be part of the mechanism that protects the stem cell pool from excess differentiation.


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