title: Stem cell niche failure concerns bone marrow failure--a diagnostic and therapeutic consideration.
abstract: Diseases of the bone marrow often referred to as "Bone marrow failure" have complicated pathophysiological picture with respect to hematopoietic systemic function. The reason for such bone marrow disorder is not well understood till date, although some sporadic etiological sources have been described earlier. With the advent of current investigations, hematopoietic stem cell involvement together with the failure of signaling interaction within the bone marrow niche has been found to reveal interesting correlations with the disease onset. The present review furnishes justification for bone marrow failure as a concern of stem cell niche failure and hints at providing important clues for disease diagnosis and therapeutic maneuver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnology, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Sujata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Law
authors.forename: Samaresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
mesh_terms: D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D001855:Bone Marrow Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015398:Signal Transduction; D055153:Stem Cell Niche