by iae5008 | Aug 18, 2024 | Cancer Stem Cells, Hematopoiesis
By Stefanija Kinzy (BS 2024, MD candidate 2030) There is a complex interplay between the cell cycle and immune systems. Inflammation can impact cell cycle progression in many ways: from inflammatory cell death via cytokine shock to inflammation-induced increased cell...
by mmm7131 | Apr 17, 2022 | Cell Therapies, Hematopoiesis
by Meghana Matur Immune cells, commonly known as white blood cells (WBCs), are components of blood that are essential for the protection of an organism from infectious and other diseases. The immune cells, which include neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, mast cells,...
by ljs5936 | May 12, 2021 | Cell Therapies, Hematopoiesis
By Lilly Su, MD Candidate, Class of 2023, Penn State College of Medicine Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are the stem cells that give rise to other blood cells, through a process called hematopoiesis. There are many organs and tissues within the body that are involved...
by iae5008 | Mar 7, 2017 | Hematopoiesis
Erythrocytes or red blood cells (RBCs) are the most abundant cell population comprising of ~45% of the total blood volume, whose main function is to deliver oxygen to the body tissues. Red blood cells lack a nucleus and most organelles to provide maximum space for...
by iae5008 | Mar 7, 2017 | Hematopoiesis
Hematopoietic differentiation of pluripotent stem cells in vitro Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) derived from the inner part of a blastocyst (embryonic stem cells, ESCs) or through reprogramming of terminally differentiated adult cells (induced pluripotent stem cells,...
