Developmental trajectories in early hematopoiesis

Abstract

The paths that hematopoietic stem cells take to develop from multipotent, self-renewing cells into committed lymphocytes has been a topic of debate for some time. During early hematopoiesis, multiple branchpoints have been described in which progeny cells segregate into cell lineages with distinct developmental potentials. In this issue of Genes & Development, Inlay and colleagues (pp. 2376-2381) identify novel intermediate stages through which hematopoietic progenitor cells travel. © 2009 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.