ERC Advanced Grant · 2016
Endogenous barcoding for in vivo fate mapping of lineage development in the blood and immune system
The immune system is a complex ensemble of diverse lineages. Studies on in-vivo-hematopoiesis have until now largely rested on transplantation. More physiological experiments have been limited by the inability to analyze hematopoietic stem (HSC) and progenitor cells in situ without cell isolation and other disruptive manipulations. We have developed mouse mutants in which a fluorescent marker can be switched on in HSC in situ (inducible fate mapping), and traced HSC lineage output under unperturbed conditions in vivo. These experiments uncovered marked differences comparing in situ and post-transplantation hematopoiesis. These new developments raise several important questions, notably on…
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