Fetal to adult stem cell transition: knocking Sox17 off.

Jang, Yoon-Young; Sharkis, Saul J · Cell · 2007

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

What controls the inherent differences between fetal and adult hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs)? In this issue of Cell, Kim et al. (2007) demonstrate in mice that the endodermal transcription factor Sox17 is required for the maintenance of fetal and neonatal but not adult HSCs.

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