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ArticleNature communications2025

A non-genotoxic stem cell therapy boosts lymphopoiesis and averts age-related blood diseases in mice.

Anna Konturek-Ciesla, Qinyu Zhang, Shabnam Kharazi, David Bryder

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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 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Improving lymphopoiesis in aged bone marrow.Current opinion in hematology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Anna Konturek-CieslaDivision of Molecular Hematology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund Stem Cell Center, Medical Faculty, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1746-930X
Qinyu ZhangDivision of Molecular Hematology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund Stem Cell Center, Medical Faculty, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8292-938X
Shabnam KharaziDivision of Molecular Hematology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund Stem Cell Center, Medical Faculty, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
David BryderDivision of Molecular Hematology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund Stem Cell Center, Medical Faculty, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. David.Bryder@med.lu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8761-4237

Funding

Barncancerfonden (Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation) PR2022-0091Cancerfonden (Swedish Cancer Society) 211470PjKungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund (Royal Physiographic Society in Lund) 42331, 43043Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund (Royal Physiographic Society in Lund) 42335, 43250Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) 2022-00932
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation offers a cure for a variety of blood disorders, predominantly affecting the elderly; however, its application, especially in this demographic, is limited by treatment toxicity. In response, we employ a murine transplantation model based on low-intensity conditioning protocols using antibody-mediated HSC depletion. While aging presents a significant barrier to effective HSC engraftment, optimizing HSC doses and non-genotoxic targeting methods greatly enhance the long-term multilineage activity of the transplanted cells. We demonstrate that young HSCs, once effectively engrafted in aged hosts, improve hematopoietic output and ameliorate age-compromised lymphopoiesis. This culminated in a strategy that robustly mitigates disease progression in a genetic model of myelodysplastic syndrome. These results suggest that non-genotoxic HSC transplantation could fundamentally change the clinical management of age-associated hematological disorders, offering a prophylactic tool to delay or even prevent their onset in elderly patients.

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AgingHematologic DiseasesHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationLymphopoiesisMyelodysplastic SyndromesAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHematopoietic Stem CellsHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLTransplantation Conditioning

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PMID40456713
PMCPMC12130210

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