Mast cell growth factor (c-kit ligand) supports the growth of human multipotential progenitor cells with a high replating potential

A Direct Measurement of the Radiation Sensitivity of Normal Mouse Bone Marrow Cells¹

2010 • 4,125 citations

Hematopoietic Reconstitution in a Patient with Fanconi's Anemia by Means of Umbilical-Cord Blood from an HLA-Identical Sibling

1989 • 2,107 citations

Human proto-oncogene c-kit: a new cell surface receptor tyrosine kinase for an unidentified ligand.

1987 • 1,627 citations

Stem cell factor is encoded at the SI locus of the mouse and is the ligand for the c-kit tyrosine kinase receptor

1990 • 1,448 citations

The proto-oncogene c-kit encoding a transmembrane tyrosine kinase receptor maps to the mouse W locus

1988 • 1,390 citations

The dominant-white spotting (W) locus of the mouse encodes the c-kit proto-oncogene

1988 • 1,336 citations

Human umbilical cord blood as a potential source of transplantable hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells.

1989 • 1,220 citations

The hematopoietic growth factor KL is encoded by the SI locus and is the ligand of the c-kit receptor, the gene product of the W locus

1990 • 1,208 citations

Identification of a ligand for the c-kit proto-oncogene

1990 • 970 citations

A Short Polypeptide Marker Sequence Useful for Recombinant Protein Identification and Purification

1988 • 934 citations

The distribution of colony‐forming cells among spleen colonies

1963 • 894 citations

Molecular cloning of mast cell growth factor, a hematopoietin that is active in both membrane bound and soluble forms

1990 • 870 citations

Identification, purification, and biological characterization of hematopoietic stem cell factor from buffalo rat liver-conditioned medium

1990 • 837 citations

Primary structure and functional expression of rat and human stem cell factor DNAs

1990 • 779 citations

The kit ligand: A cell surface molecule altered in steel mutant fibroblasts

1990 • 777 citations

Mast cell growth factor maps near the steel locus on mouse chromosome 10 and is deleted in a number of steel alleles

1990 • 632 citations

Recombinant human stem cell factor synergises with GM-CSF, G-CSF, IL-3 and epo to stimulate human progenitor cells of the myeloid and erythroid lineages.

1991 • 454 citations

Hemopoietic colony-forming cells in umbilical cord blood with extensive capability to generate mono- and multipotential hemopoietic progenitors.

1982 • 312 citations

Candidate ligand for the c-kit transmembrane kinase receptor: KL, a fibroblast derived growth factor stimulates mast cells and erythroid progenitors.

1990 • 304 citations

Human embryonic hemopoiesis. Kinetics of progenitors and precursors underlying the yolk sac----liver transition.

1986 • 293 citations

Umbilical cord blood hematopoietic stem and repopulating cells in human clinical transplantation.

1991 • 219 citations

Characterization of a human hematopoietic progenitor cell capable of forming blast cell containing colonies in vitro.

1988 • 213 citations

Effect of murine mast cell growth factor (c-kit proto-oncogene ligand) on colony formation by human marrow hematopoietic progenitor cells

1991 • 202 citations

Studies of human pluripotential hemopoietic stem cells (CFU-GEMM) in vitro

1981 • 195 citations

Colony formation in agar by multipotential hemopoietic cells

1979 • 159 citations

Blast cell colony assay for umbilical cord blood and adult bone marrow progenitors

1987 • 152 citations

Single cell origin of multilineage colonies in culture. Evidence that differentiation of multipotent progenitors and restriction of proliferative potential of monopotent progenitors are stochastic processes.

1984 • 119 citations

Influence of murine mast cell growth factor (c-kit ligand) on colony formation by mouse marrow hematopoietic progenitor cells.

1991 • 106 citations

The production of myeloid blood cells and their regulation during health and disease

1988 • 85 citations

Culture from human bone marrow of blast progenitor cells with an extensive proliferative capacity

1987 • 61 citations

The Effects of Oxidizing Species Derived from Molecular Oxygen on the Proliferation In Vitro of Human Granulocyte‐Macrophage Progenitor Cells ^a

1989 • 45 citations

Enhancement of the proliferation of human marrow erythroid (BFU-E) progenitor cells by prostaglandin E requires the participation of OKT8- positive T lymphocytes and is associated with the density expression of major histocompatibility complex class II antigens on BFU-E

1986 • 33 citations

Pluripotential hematopoietic stem cells in post-5-fluorouracil murine bone marrow express the Thy-1 antigen.

1985 • 31 citations

Self-renewal and migration of stem cells during embryonic and fetal hematopoiesis: important, but poorly understood events.

1991 • 20 citations

Characterization of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells

1987 • 18 citations