One major mode of action of DNA hypomethylating agents such as decitabine (DAC) is reactivation of gene expression and induction of differentiation. Prompted by observations of differentiation induction in leukemic myeloid cells and upregulation of fetal hemoglobin (HbF) in adult patients suffering ...
Ex vivo production of red blood cells (RBCs) represents a promising alternative for transfusion medicine. Several strategies were described to generate erythroid cell lines from different sources, including embryonic, induced pluripotent and hematopoietic stem cells. With imBMEP-A, we have previousl...