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Microenvironmental influences on human B-cell development (2000)

Bertrand, F. E. ; Eckfeldt, C. E. ; Fink, J. R. ; [et al.]

Copenhagen : Munksgaard International Publishers

Immunological reviews 175 (2000), S. 0

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ISSN: 1600-065X

Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005

Topics: Medicine

Notes: Summary: Mammalian B-cell development can be viewed as a developmental performance with several acts. The acts are represented by checkpoints centered around commitment to the B-lineage and functional Ig gene rearrangement – culminating in expression of the pre-B-cell receptor (pre-BCR) and the BCR. Progression of cells through these checkpoints is profoundly influenced by the fetal liver and adult bone marrow (BM) stromal cell microenvironments. Our laboratory has developed a model of human B-cell development that utilizes freshly isolated/non-transformed human BM stromal cells as an in vitro microenvironment. Human CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells plated in this human BM stromal cell microenvironment commit to the B lineage and progress through the pre-BCR and BCR checkpoints. This human BM stromal cell microenvironment also provides survival signals that prevent apoptosis in human B-lineage cells. Human B-lineage cells exhibit differential expression of Notch receptors and human BM stromal cells express the Notch ligand Jagged-1. These results suggest a potential role for Notch in regulating B-lineage commitment and/or progression through the pre-BCR and BCR checkpoints.

Type of Medium: Electronic Resource

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-065X.2000.imr017513.x

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