Transcriptional landscape, long non-coding RNAs and post-transcriptional regulation in hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell differentiation

Hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) possess life-long self-renewal activity and generate a series of multipotent progenitors that differentiate into lineage-committed progenitors and subsequently mature cells. Recently, functionally distinct stem and progenitor cell types have been identified, however, a systems-wide understanding of the underlying gene regulation is lacking. Here, we present the global transcriptome of ex vivo isolated mouse multipotent hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs, LinnegSca-1+c-Kit+) and myeloid committed precursors (LinnegSca-1-c-Kit+) as revealed by next-generation sequencing (RNA-seq).