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Dendritic cells support hematopoiesis of bone marrow cells.
Transplantation - 15 Sept 2001
Wang Q, Zhang W, Ding G, Sun L, Chen G, Cao X
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BACKGROUND: We previously observed that vaccination of normal mice with bone marrow (BM) -derived dendritic cells (DCs) could increase the number of peripheral white blood cells (WBCs) and platelets. In the present study, we investigated the potential of DCs to support the hematopoiesis of BM cells in vitro and in vivo. METHODS: In the absence of exogenous cytokines, the expansion of CD34+ stem cells was observed...
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