Avoid shocking your hematopoietic stem cells to keep them young and growing.

Lalioti, Maria-Eleni; Rettkowski, Jasmin; Cabezas-Wallscheid, Nina · Cell Stem Cell · 2021

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Abstract

Expanding hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) ex vivo has historically been a very challenging process. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Kruta et al. (2021) identify heat shock factor 1 (Hsf1) as a new target to maintain HSC fitness and protein homeostasis, not only in culture conditions but also upon aging.

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