KIT-expressing cells in the mouse fetal liver
Various blood lineages, including lymphoid cells and myeloid cells, are produced from hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in the bone marrow. However, HSCs aren't developed in the bone marrow during mouse embryogenesis. The first HSCs are found in the aorta-gonad-mesonephros region, the yolk sac, and the fetal liver, although the number is very few at embryonic day (E) 11. Most HSCs are observed in the fetal liver at E12. To understand the specific genes of nascent HSCs, we performed single-cell RNA-seq analysis of KIT-expressing cells sorted from the fetal liver at E12. We identified the nascent HSC population and found some feature genes in those cells. Therefore, our data will help us understand the nascent HSCs. Overall design: Single-cell RNA-seq analysis of KIT-expressing cells sorted from the mouse fetal liver at E12