Obesity and inflammation and the effect on the hematopoietic system

Bone marrow is organized in specialized microenvironments known as 'marrow niches'. These are important for the maintenance of stem cells and their hematopoietic progenitors whose homeostasis also depends on other cell types present in the tissue. Extrinsic factors, such as infection and i...

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Main Authors: Bruno Deltreggia Benites, Simone Cristina Olenscki Gilli, Sara Teresinha Olalla Saad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-04-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842014000200147&lng=en&tlng=en