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Prostaglandins guard stem cells by increasing the production of an inhibitory factor in the mesenchymal bone marrow cells. Mesenchymal cells are marked with a green protein (left); the inhibitory factor is red (center). Combined image (right): Treatment with prostaglandins (bottom) increases the secretion of the inhibitory factor

How Stem Cells Stay Young

29.11.2012

Cancer, Stem Cells, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A rare subgroup of immune cells act as stem cell “bodyguards”

Prostaglandins guard stem cells by increasing the production of an inhibitory factor in the mesenchymal bone marrow cells. Mesenchymal cells are marked with a green protein (left); the inhibitory factor is red (center). Combined image (right): Treatment with prostaglandins (bottom) increases the secretion of the inhibitory factor

Stem Cell Bodyguards

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Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Insights into rare immune cells that keep blood stem cells in a youthful state may lead to better treatments

The two faces of BID. When duty calls, it leaves the cell nucleus to initiate cell suicide. Illustration: Elite Avni

23.04.2012

Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

How does one protein direct two different life-or-death activities in the cell?

Image of an embryo overlaid withan immunofluorescent image of the decidua (purple). Dendritic cells are in green and blood vessels in red

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Immunology, Fertility

Immune system scouts take on a surprising role

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the brain in three children with a missing copy of the Chaserr gene. The scans performed at age 8 months or 4 years (top row) reveal structural changes in the brain, including reduced volume of the brain stem (asterisks) and decreased myelin coating of nerves (arrows) in deep-seated brain areas. These changes are less apparent at 1 month of age (bottom row)

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