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Peeling Back the Layers of Lymph Gland Structure and Regulation.
Kharrat, Bayan; Csordás, Gábor; Honti, Viktor.
Afiliação
  • Kharrat B; Drosophila Blood Cell Differentiation Group, Institute of Genetics, Biological Research Centre, P.O. Box 521, H-6701 Szeged, Hungary.
  • Csordás G; Faculty of Science and Informatics, Doctoral School of Biology, University of Szeged, P.O. Box 427, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary.
  • Honti V; Lysosomal Degradation Research Group, Institute of Genetics, Biological Research Centre, P.O. Box 521, H-6701 Szeged, Hungary.
Int J Mol Sci ; 23(14)2022 Jul 14.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35887113
During the past 60 years, the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has proven to be an excellent model to study the regulation of hematopoiesis. This is not only due to the evolutionarily conserved signalling pathways and transcription factors contributing to blood cell fate, but also to convergent evolution that led to functional similarities in distinct species. An example of convergence is the compartmentalization of blood cells, which ensures the quiescence of hematopoietic stem cells and allows for the rapid reaction of the immune system upon challenges. The lymph gland, a widely studied hematopoietic organ of the Drosophila larva, represents a microenvironment with similar features and functions to classical hematopoietic stem cell niches of vertebrates. Lymph gland studies were effectively supported by the unparalleled toolkit developed in Drosophila, which enabled the high-resolution investigation of the cellular composition and regulatory interaction networks of the lymph gland. In this review, we summarize how our understanding of lymph gland structure and hematopoietic cell-to-cell communication evolved during the past decades and compare their analogous features to those of the vertebrate hematopoietic stem cell niche.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Proteínas de Drosophila / Drosophila melanogaster Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Hungria

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Proteínas de Drosophila / Drosophila melanogaster Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Hungria