title: Not merely quiescent: telomeres in quiescent HSCs.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Wang et al elegantly show that telomere shortening results in DNA damage that induces apoptosis and senescence in quiescent hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs).
authors.affiliation: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE; KEIO UNIVERSITY.
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakamura-Ishizu
authors.affiliation: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE; KEIO UNIVERSITY.
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D016922:Cellular Senescence / Q000502:physiology*; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D059506:Telomere Shortening / Q000502:physiology*