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ArticleNature2016

Age-dependent modulation of vascular niches for haematopoietic stem cells.

Anjali P Kusumbe, Saravana K Ramasamy, Tomer Itkin, Maarja Andaloussi Mäe, Urs H Langen, Christer Betsholtz, Tsvee Lapidot, Ralf H Adams

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Article in Nature, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 312 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

312 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Anjali P KusumbeMax-Planck-Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Department of Tissue Morphogenesis, and University of Münster, Faculty of Medicine, D-48149 Münster, Germany.
Saravana K RamasamyMax-Planck-Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Department of Tissue Morphogenesis, and University of Münster, Faculty of Medicine, D-48149 Münster, Germany.
Tomer ItkinDepartment of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
Maarja Andaloussi MäeVascular Biology Program, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden.
Urs H LangenMax-Planck-Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Department of Tissue Morphogenesis, and University of Münster, Faculty of Medicine, D-48149 Münster, Germany.
Christer BetsholtzVascular Biology Program, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden.
Tsvee LapidotDepartment of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
Ralf H AdamsMax-Planck-Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Department of Tissue Morphogenesis, and University of Münster, Faculty of Medicine, D-48149 Münster, Germany.

Funding

European Research Council 339409
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blood vessels define local microenvironments in the skeletal system, play crucial roles in osteogenesis and provide niches for haematopoietic stem cells. The properties of niche-forming vessels and their changes in the ageing organism remain incompletely understood. Here we show that Notch signalling in endothelial cells leads to the expansion of haematopoietic stem cell niches in bone, which involves increases in CD31-positive capillaries and platelet-derived growth factor receptor-β (PDGFRβ)-positive perivascular cells, arteriole formation and elevated levels of cellular stem cell factor. Although endothelial hypoxia-inducible factor signalling promotes some of these changes, it fails to enhance vascular niche function because of a lack of arterialization and expansion of PDGFRβ-positive cells. In ageing mice, niche-forming vessels in the skeletal system are strongly reduced but can be restored by activation of endothelial Notch signalling. These findings indicate that vascular niches for haematopoietic stem cells are part of complex, age-dependent microenvironments involving multiple cell populations and vessel subtypes.

Indexed as

Stem Cell NicheAgingAnimalsArteriolesBone and BonesCapillariesCell CountEndothelial CellsHematopoietic Stem CellsHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1MaleMiceOsteogenesisPlatelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor betaReceptors, NotchHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor betaReceptors, NotchStem Cell Factor

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PMID27074508
PMCPMC5035541

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