Stem cell lineage specification: you become what you eat.

Folmes, Clifford D L; Terzic, Andre · Cell Metab · 2014

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

Nutrient availability and intermediate metabolism are increasingly recognized to govern stem cell behavior. Oburoglu et al. (2014) now demonstrate that glutamine- and glucose-dependent nucleotide synthesis segregate erythroid versus myeloid differentiation during hematopoietic stem cell specification, implicating a metabolism-centric regulation of lineage choices.

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