title: Novel methods for studying normal and disordered erythropoiesis.
abstract: Erythropoiesis is a process during which multipotential hematopoietic stem cells proliferate, differentiate and eventually form mature erythrocytes. Interestingly, unlike most cell types, an important feature of erythropoiesis is that following each mitosis the daughter cells are morphologically and functionally different from the parent cell from which they are derived, demonstrating the need to study erythropoiesis in a stage-specific manner. This has been impossible until recently due to lack of methods for isolating erythroid cells at each distinct developmental stage. This review summarizes recent advances in the development of methods for isolating both murine and human erythroid cells and their applications. These methods provide powerful means for studying normal and impaired erythropoiesis associated with hematological disorders.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics & School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics & School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, China.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. anxl@zzu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: XiuLi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: An
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology; D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D015672:Erythroid Precursor Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D004920:Erythropoiesis / Q000502:physiology*; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice
keywords: erythroblast; erythroid progenitors; erythropoiesis; surface markers; transcriptional profile