Neutrophil Breaching of the Blood Vessel Pericyte Layer during Diapedesis Requires Mast Cell-Derived IL-17A
Using confocal intravital microscopy, investigators observed directed abluminal neutrophil motility along pericyte processes towards perivascular mast cells, a response that created neutrophil extravasation hotspots.
[Haematologica] 301 patients with a median age 60 years were enrolled. Of them, 287 and 274 patients collected ≥2 and ≥4×106 CD34+ cells/kg, respectively, with a median of 9.9×106 CD34+ cells/kg collected.
[EMBO Journal] The authors provide an in-depth review of the metabolic and epigenetic interplay regulating hematopoietic stem cell fate, and discuss the influence of metabolic stress stimuli, as well as alterations occurring during leukemic development.