| Literature DB >> 15914357 |
Atsushi Iwama1, Hideyuki Oguro, Masamitsu Negishi, Yuko Kato, Hiromitsu Nakauchi.
Abstract
Polycomb group (PcG) genes are involved in the maintenance of cellular memory through epigenetic chromatin modifications. Recent studies have implicated a role for PcG genes in the self-renewal of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), a process in which cellular memory is maintained through cell division. Among the PcG genes, Bmi-1 plays a central role in the inheritance of stemness, and its forced expression promotes HSC self-renewal. These findings highlight the importance of epigenetic regulation in HSC self-renewal and identify PcG genes as potential targets for therapeutic HSC manipulation.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15914357 DOI: 10.1532/IJH97.05011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Hematol ISSN: 0925-5710 Impact factor: 2.490