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Macrophages support pathological erythropoiesis in polycythemia vera and β-thalassemia

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Ramos, Pedro, Casu, Carla, Gardenghi, Sara, Breda, Laura, Crielaard, Bart J, Guy, Ella, Marongiu, Maria Franca, Gupta, Ritama +8 more·2013·Nature Medicine

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Regulation of erythropoiesis is achieved by the integration of distinct signals. Among them, macrophages are emerging as erythropoietin-complementary regulators of erythroid development, particularly under stress conditions. We investigated the contribution of macrophages to physiological and pathological conditions of enhanced erythropoiesis. We used mouse models of induced anemia, polycythemia vera and β-thalassemia in which macrophages were chemically depleted. Our data indicate that macrophages contribute decisively to recovery from induced anemia, as well as the pathological progression of polycythemia vera and β-thalassemia, by modulating erythroid proliferation and differentiation. We validated these observations in primary human cultures, showing a direct impact of macrophages on the proliferation and enucleation of erythroblasts from healthy individuals and patients with polycythemia vera or β-thalassemia. The contribution of macrophages to stress and pathological erythropoiesis, which we have termed stress erythropoiesis macrophage-supporting activity, may have therapeutic implications.

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Ramos, P., Casu, C., Gardenghi, S., Breda, L., Crielaard, B. J., Guy, E., Marongiu, M. F., Gupta, R., Levine, R. L., Abdel-Wahab, O., Ebert, B. L., Van Rooijen, N., Ghaffari, S., Grady, R. W., Giardina, P. J., & Rivella, S.
Affiliations
  • Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Corresponding author
Rivella, Stefano
Venue
Nature Medicine
Published
2013-03-17
Volume
19
Issue
4
Pages
437-445
ISSN
  • 1078-8956 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-170X
OpenAlex
W2023747882
Cited by
227
References
66
Citations by year
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FWCI
14.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Amsterdam UMC (VU Amsterdam) - Institutional Repository (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Pure Amsterdam UMC (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK090554, R01DK095112)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Genetics › Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Genetics › Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
Keywords
macrophages, erythropoiesis, polycythemia vera, beta-thalassemia, erythroblasts, erythroblast enucleation, erythroid proliferation, erythropoietin, macrophage depletion, stress erythropoiesis, red blood cell recovery
MeSH terms
Animals, Clodronic Acid, Disease Models, Animal, Erythrocyte Count, Erythropoiesis, Female, Hematocrit, Hemoglobins, Humans, Macrophages, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Polycythemia Vera, Reticulocytes, Stress, Physiological, beta-Thalassemia, Mice

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