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hematopoietic stem cell |
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Hematopoietic stem cell A cell that can develop into any type of specialized blood cell. Mentioned in: Umbilical Cord Blood Banking hematopoietic stem cell, an actively dividing cell that is the source of blood cells. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The high expression level of the mphl/rae28 gene in the WT mice with severely suppressed bone marrow cellularity is noteworthy with respect to the maintenance of the activity of hemopoietic stem cells (Ohta et al. Expression of Ang1 receptors on primitive hemopoietic stem cells suggests that this factor may also be useful in regenerating blood cells -- as might be beneficial during chemotherapy -- as well as in forming blood vessels. 5,521,073 covering the gene that encodes the human Tie-2 ligand protein and a method of using the gene to make the Tie-2 ligand protein, a growth factor involved in blood vessel formation whose receptor is also present on hemopoietic stem cells. |
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