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ReviewNature reviews. Molecular cell biology2025

The role of the haematopoietic stem cell niche in development and ageing.

Terri L Cain, Marta Derecka, Shannon McKinney-Freeman

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Review in Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2025. 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 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
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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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Genetic influences on haematopoiesis.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2026
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  4. Neonatal critical illness is associated with pancytopenia development in childhood.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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  12. Mechanometabolism instructs hematopoietic stem cell specification.The Journal of experimental medicine · 2026
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  18. Niche-derived exosomes controlFrontiers in immunology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Terri L CainDepartment of Haematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5590-2103
Marta DereckaDepartment of Haematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6265-9781
Shannon McKinney-FreemanDepartment of Haematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA. shannon.mckinney-freeman@stjude.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8061-2557

Funding

Investigating hematopoietic stem cell dysfunction during sickle cell diseaseR01HL168893 · NHLBI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI SHANNON L MCKINNEY-FREEMAN · 2023 to 2026
$2.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL168893
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blood production depends on rare haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) that ultimately take up residence in the bone marrow during development. HSPCs and HSCs are subject to extrinsic regulation by the bone marrow microenvironment, or niche. Studying the interactions between HSCs and their niche is critical for improving ex vivo culturing conditions and genetic manipulation of HSCs, which is pivotal for improving autologous HSC therapies and transplantations. Additionally, understanding how the complex molecular network in the bone marrow is altered during ageing is paramount for developing novel therapeutics for ageing-related haematopoietic disorders. HSCs are unique amongst stem and progenitor cell pools in that they engage with multiple physically distinct niches during their ontogeny. HSCs are specified from haemogenic endothelium in the aorta, migrate to the fetal liver and, ultimately, colonize their final niche in the bone marrow. Recent studies employing single-cell transcriptomics and microscopy have identified novel cellular interactions that govern HSC specification and engagement with their niches throughout ontogeny. New lineage-tracing models and microscopy tools have raised questions about the numbers of HSCs specified, as well as the functional consequences of HSCs interacting with each developmental niche. Advances have also been made in understanding how these niches are modified and perturbed during ageing, and the role of these altered interactions in haematopoietic diseases. In this Review, we discuss these new findings and highlight the questions that remain to be explored.

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AgingHematopoietic Stem CellsStem Cell NicheAnimalsBone MarrowCell DifferentiationHematopoiesisHumans

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