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CD44 variant-specific antibodies trigger hemopoiesis by selective release of cytokines from bone marrow macrophages.
Blood - 1 Jun 2002
Khaldoyanidi Sophia, Karakhanova Svetlana, Sleeman Jonathan, Herrlich Peter, Ponta Helmut
Abstract excerpt
Hemopoiesis is regulated by the complex interplay between the bone marrow microenvironment and hemopoietic stem cells and progenitors. The local production of cytokines plays a critical role in this process. Using long-term bone marrow cultures, we show here that monoclonal antibodies directed against the CD44 v4 and CD44 v6 epitopes stimulate myelopoiesis (CD44 v4 and CD44 v6) and lymphopoiesis (CD44 v6). In the...
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