Table 2.

HCA Expression in Stromal Compartments of Human Hematopoietic Tissues

Organ/Tissue Expression Cell Type/Localization
Yolk sac  +  Endoderm  
Paraaortic embryonic mesoderm +  Ventrolateral mesenchyme* 
Embryonic liver  Hepatocytes  
Fetal liver  +  Hepatocytes, Kupffer cells  
Fetal thymus  +  Subcapsular epithelium, subsets of cortical and medullary epithelial cells, Hassall’s bodies 
Fetal bone marrow  +  Vascular pericytes, osteoblasts* 
Adult bone marrow  +  Adherent cells in primary cultures Myofibroblasts in vitro  
Fetal spleen  −  
Fetal lymph nodes  − 
Organ/Tissue Expression Cell Type/Localization
Yolk sac  +  Endoderm  
Paraaortic embryonic mesoderm +  Ventrolateral mesenchyme* 
Embryonic liver  Hepatocytes  
Fetal liver  +  Hepatocytes, Kupffer cells  
Fetal thymus  +  Subcapsular epithelium, subsets of cortical and medullary epithelial cells, Hassall’s bodies 
Fetal bone marrow  +  Vascular pericytes, osteoblasts* 
Adult bone marrow  +  Adherent cells in primary cultures Myofibroblasts in vitro  
Fetal spleen  −  
Fetal lymph nodes  − 
*

As determined by in situ hybridization.

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