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FLT3 receptor and ligand are dispensable for maintenance and posttransplantation expansion of mouse hematopoietic stem cells.
Blood - 9 Apr 2009
Buza-Vidas Natalija, Cheng Min, Duarte Sara, Charoudeh Hojjatollah Nozad, Jacobsen Sten Eirik W, Sitnicka Ewa
Abstract excerpt
Originally cloned from hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) populations and its ligand being extensively used to promote ex vivo HSC expansion, the FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3; also called FLK2) receptor and its ligand (FL) were expected to emerge as an important physiologic regulator of HSC maintenance and expansion. However, the role of FLT3 receptor and ligand in HSC regulation remains unclear and disputed....
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