Effective Mobilization of Very Small Embryonic-Like Stem Cells and Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cells but Not Endothelial Progenitor Cells by Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Therapy

• Main Authors: Monika Zbucka-Kretowska (Author), Andrzej Eljaszewicz (Author), Danuta Lipinska (Author), Kamil Grubczak (Author), Malgorzata Rusak (Author), Grzegorz Mrugacz (Author), Milena Dabrowska (Author), Mariusz Z. Ratajczak (Author), Marcin Moniuszko (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Recently, murine hematopoietic progenitor stem cells (HSCs) and very small embryonic-like stem cells (VSELs) were demonstrated to express receptors for sex hormones including follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). This raised the question of whether FSH therapy at clinically applied doses can mobilize...