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Nature Medicine 13, 742-747 (1 June 2007) | doi:10.1038/nm1578;

Telomere dysfunction induces environmental alterations limiting hematopoietic stem cell function and engraftment

Zhenyu Ju , Hong Jiang , Maike Jaworski , Chozhavendan Rathinam , Anne Gompf , Christoph Klein , Andreas Trumpp & K Lenhard Rudolph

Cell-intrinsic checkpoints limit the proliferative capacity of primary cells in response to telomere dysfunction. It is not known, however, whether telomere dysfunction contributes to cell-extrinsic alterations that impair stem cell function and organ homeostasis.

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