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Erythroblastic islands: niches for erythropoiesis
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Erythroblastic islands, the specialized niches in which erythroid precursors proliferate, differentiate, and enucleate, were first described 50 years ago by analysis of transmission electron micrographs of bone marrow. These hematopoietic subcompartments are composed of erythroblasts surrounding a central macrophage. A hiatus of several decades followed, during which the importance of erythroblastic islands remained unrecognized as erythroid progenitors were shown to possess an autonomous differentiation program with a capacity to complete terminal differentiation in vitro in the presence of erythropoietin but without macrophages. However, as the extent of proliferation, differentiation, and enucleation efficiency documented in vivo could not be recapitulated in vitro, a resurgence of interest in erythroid niches has emerged. We now have an increased molecular understanding of processes operating within erythroid niches, including cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix adhesion, positive and negative regulatory feedback, and central macrophage function. These features of erythroblast islands represent important contributors to normal erythroid development, as well as altered erythropoiesis found in such diverse diseases as anemia of inflammation and chronic disease, myelodysplasia, thalassemia, and malarial anemia. Coupling of historical, current, and future insights will be essential to understand the tightly regulated production of red cells both in steady state and stress erythropoiesis.
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“Erythroblastic islands are very specialized niches supporting the proliferation and differentiation of erythroblasts.14 Erythroid islands are characterized by a central macrophage that extends cytoplasmic protrusions to a ring of adjacent erythroblasts.The interaction of cells within the island is crucial for early and late stages of erythroid maturation.”
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- Authors
- Chasis, J. A., & Mohandas, N.
- Affiliations
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
- New York Blood Center (US)
- ORCID
- Mohandas, Narla
- Venue
- Blood
- Publisher
- American Society of Hematology
- Published
- 2008-08-01
- Volume
- 112
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 470-478
- ISSN
- 0006-4971 (ISSN-L)
- 1528-0020
- PMC
- PMC2481536
- OpenAlex
- W2048719634
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- FWCI
- 3.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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- Blood (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
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- Funders
- Yale University
- National Institutes of Health
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T32HL007956, HL7956)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P01DK032094, DK56267, R01DK056267, DK32094)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Genetics (clinical) › Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Keywords
- erythroblastic islands, erythropoiesis, erythroid progenitor cells, erythroblast enucleation, erythroid differentiation, erythropoietin, cell-matrix adhesion, feedback regulation, anemia of chronic disease, myelodysplastic syndrome, thalassemia, malarial anemia, stress erythropoiesis
- MeSH terms
- Bone Marrow, Cell Adhesion, Erythroblasts, Erythropoiesis, Extracellular Matrix, Humans, Macrophages, Feedback, Physiological
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