Stem Cells

Maximows idea of hematopoiedic cell differentation was 100 years ago, far ahead of his time. He desribed stromal-hemopoetic cell interaction. To day the mechanismen of stromal-hematopoetic cell interaction and the importance of stromal-fibroblasts for celll differentation is the center of stem cell research.

• Friedenstein A ( 1989 ) Stromal-Hematopoietic Interrelationships: Maximov's Ideas and Modern Models Haematol.Bluttransf. Vol 32 : 159-167

• Radiation Chimaeras D. W. van Bekkum and M.J. de Vries

• HAEMOPOIETIC CELLS, D.METCALF M.. A. S. MOORE 1971 North-Holland Publishing Company