Free iron catalyzes oxidative damage to hematopoietic cells/mesenchymal stem cells<i>in vitro</i>and suppresses hematopoiesis in iron overload patients

Wenyi Lu, Mingfeng Zhao, Sajin Rajbhandary, Fang Xie, Xiao Chai, Juan Mu, Juanxia Meng, Yong-Jun Liu, Yan Jiang, Xinnv Xu,

European Journal Of Haematology · 2013 · 86 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

Our study shows that iron overload injures the hematopoiesis by damaging hematopoietic cell and hematopoietic microenvironment, which is mediated by ROS-related signaling proteins.

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