Taku Wakabayashi, Hisamichi Naito, Jun-Ichi Suehiro, Yang Lin, Hideya Kawaji, Tomohiro Iba, Tsukasa Kouno, Sachi Ishikawa-Kato, Masaaki Furuno, Kazuhiro Takara, Fumitaka Muramatsu, Jia Weizhen, Hiroyasu Kidoya, Katsuhiko Ishihara, Yoshihide Hayashizaki, Kohji Nishida, Mervin C Yoder, Nobuyuki Takakura
The generation of new blood vessels via angiogenesis is critical for meeting tissue oxygen demands. A role for adult stem cells in this process remains unclear. Here, we identified CD157 (bst1, bone marrow stromal antigen 1) as a marker of tissue-resident vascular endothelial stem cells (VESCs) in large arteries and veins of numerous mouse organs. Single CD157+ VESCs form colonies in vitro and generate donor-derived portal vein, sinusoids, and central vein endothelial cells upon transplantation in the liver...
March 1, 2018: Cell Stem Cell