| Literature DB >> 20034552 |
Aysegul V Ergen1, Margaret A Goodell.
Abstract
New blood cells are continually produced from the hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) that reside in the bone marrow. Throughout the life-span of the organism, this stem cell reservoir sustains life. Although HSCs can persist in vivo longer than one life-span (Harrison et al., 1978), with aging, HSC regenerative potential diminishes and skewing from lymphopoiesis toward myelopoiesis occurs. The expansion in the HSC pool with aging provides sufficient, yet abnormal, blood production. Examination of gene expression changes in aged HSCs has provided a link between aging and genomic instability. Furthermore, studies on the effects of reactive oxygen species (ROS) on HSC aging has given more insight into the reasons for HSC failure. Understanding of the interactions between niche cells and HSCs and changes in them with aging, may give us insights into the lineage skewing phenotype observed in the aged, and also other immune dysfunctions. 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 20034552 PMCID: PMC3632712 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2009.12.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Exp Gerontol ISSN: 0531-5565 Impact factor: 4.032