Oxygen tension plays a critical role in the hematopoietic microenvironment in vitro

摘要

BackgroundIn the bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells and osteoblasts form functional niches for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. This microenvironment can be partially mimicked using in vitro co-culture systems. In this study, we examined the oxygen tension in three distinct compartments in a co-culture system of purified CD34⁺ cells and mesenchymal stromal cells with regard to different spatial localizations.