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Impaired function of bone marrow stromal cells in systemic mastocytosis.
Stem cell research - 1 Jul 2015
Nemeth Krisztian, Wilson Todd M, Ren Jiaqiang J, Sabatino Marianna, Stroncek David M, Krepuska Miklos, Bai Yun, Robey Pamela G, Metcalfe Dean D, Mezey Eva
Abstract excerpt
Patients with systemic mastocytosis (SM) have a wide variety of problems, including skeletal abnormalities. The disease results from a mutation of the stem cell receptor (c-kit) in mast cells and we wondered if the function of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs; also known as MSCs or mesenchymal stem cells) might be affected by the invasion of bone marrow by mutant mast cells. As expected, BMSCs from SM patients do...
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