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1 Department of Gynaecology, University of Leipzig, Germany
2 Max-Delbrück-Center, Berlin-Buch, Germany
3 Department of Cardiology, Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
4 Department of Haematology, Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin Berlin, Germany
5 Department of Pharmacology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
6 Centre for Biomedical Research, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, UK
7 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Correspondence: Thomas Walther, Centre for Biomedical Research, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, United Kingdom. E-mail:thomas.walther{at}hyms.ac.uk
ABSTRACT
Effects of angiotensin (Ang)-(1–7), an AngII metabolite, on bone marrow-derived hematopoietic cells were studied. We identified Ang-(1–7) to stimulate proliferation of human CD34+ and mononuclear cells in vitro. Under in vivo conditions, we monitored proliferation and differentiation of human cord blood mononuclear cells in NOD/SCID mice. Ang-(1–7) stimulated differentially human cells in bone marrow and accumulated them in the spleen. The number of HLA-I+ and CD34+ cells in the bone marrow was increased 42-fold and 600-fold, respectively. These results indicate a decisive impact of Ang-(1–7) on hematopoiesis and its promising therapeutic potential in diseases requiring progenitor stimulation.
Key words: angiotensin, CD34, hematopoietic stem cell.
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