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Review
. 2020 Dec;16(6):1020-1048.
doi: 10.1007/s12015-020-10065-y. Epub 2020 Nov 3.

Fate of Hematopoiesis During Aging. What Do We Really Know, and What are its Implications?

Hal E Broxmeyer  1 , Yan Liu  2 , Reuben Kapur  2 , Christie M Orschell  3 , Arafat Aljoufi  4 , James P Ropa  4 , Thao Trinh  4 , Sarah Burns  2 , Maegan L Capitano  5
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Fate of Hematopoiesis During Aging. What Do We Really Know, and What are its Implications?

Hal E Broxmeyer et al. Stem Cell Rev Rep. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

There is an ongoing shift in demographics such that older persons will outnumber young persons in the coming years, and with it age-associated tissue attrition and increased diseases and disorders. There has been increased information on the association of the aging process with dysregulation of hematopoietic stem (HSC) and progenitor (HPC) cells, and hematopoiesis. This review provides an extensive up-to date summary on the literature of aged hematopoiesis and HSCs placed in context of potential artifacts of the collection and processing procedure, that may not be totally representative of the status of HSCs in their in vivo bone marrow microenvironment, and what the implications of this are for understanding aged hematopoiesis. This review covers a number of interactive areas, many of which have not been adequately explored. There are still many unknowns and mechanistic insights to be elucidated to better understand effects of aging on the hematopoietic system, efforts that will take multidisciplinary approaches, and that could lead to means to ameliorate at least some of the dysregulation of HSCs and HPCs associated with the aging process. Graphical Abstract.

Keywords: Aging; CHIP; Cytokines/Chemokines; Hematopoiesis; Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells; Inflammation; Microbiome; Microenvironment; Oxygen.

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