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ArticleNature communications2025

Embryonic macrophages orchestrate niche cell homeostasis for the establishment of the definitive hematopoietic stem cell pool.

Gülce Perçin, Konstantin Riege, Julia Fröbel, Jonas Metz, Stephan Culemann, Mathias Lesche, Susanne Reinhardt, Thomas Höfer, Steve Hoffmann, Claudia Waskow

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Macrophages in embryonic development.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Gülce PerçinImmunology of Aging, Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany. Guelce.Percin@leibniz-fli.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3515-0434
Konstantin RiegeComputational Biology of Aging, Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-9881-7563
Julia FröbelImmunology of Aging, Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4958-6343
Jonas MetzTheoretical Systems Biology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6734-173X
Stephan CulemannImmunology of Aging, Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9837-2811
Mathias LescheDRESDEN-concept Genome Center, c/o CMCB Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering Technology Platform of the TUD Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3274-7163
Susanne ReinhardtDRESDEN-concept Genome Center, c/o CMCB Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering Technology Platform of the TUD Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9202-105X
Thomas HöferTheoretical Systems Biology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3560-8780
Steve HoffmannComputational Biology of Aging, Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5239-7201
Claudia WaskowImmunology of Aging, Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany. Claudia.waskow@leibniz-fli.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3261-0922

Funding

Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung (Carl Zeiss Foundation) Impuls, project ID P2019-01-006Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) EXC 2051 - Project-ID 390713860Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) TRR1278-C06Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) WA2837/7-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) WA2837/8-1Leibniz-Gemeinschaft (Leibniz Association) SAW XpandHSC, project ID K243/2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Embryonic macrophages emerge before the onset of definitive hematopoiesis, seed into discrete tissues and contribute to specialized resident macrophages throughout life. Presence of embryonic macrophages in the bone marrow and functional impact on hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) or the niche remains unclear. Here we show that bone marrow macrophages consist of two ontogenetically distinct cell populations from embryonic and adult origin. Newborn mice lacking embryonic macrophages have decreased HSC numbers in the bone marrow suggesting an important function for embryo-derived macrophages in orchestrating HSC trafficking around birth. The establishment of a normal cellular niche space in the bone marrow critically depends on embryonic macrophages that are important for the development of mesenchymal stromal cells, but not other non-hematopoietic niche cells, providing evidence for a specific role for embryo-derived macrophages in the establishment of the niche environment pivotal for the establishment of a normally sized HSC pool.

Indexed as

Embryo, MammalianHematopoietic Stem CellsHomeostasisMacrophagesStem Cell NicheAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBone Marrow CellsFemaleHematopoiesisMesenchymal Stem CellsMiceMice, Inbred C57BL

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PMID40368907
PMCPMC12078706

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