“…Consequently, during homeostasis, almost the entire HSC compartment (~ 90%) resides in the resting phase, G0 (Cheshier et al , 1999 ; Zhang et al , 2022b ), while the downstream multipotent progenitors are actively cycling to maintain daily turnover (Sun et al , 2014 ; Busch et al , 2015 ; Sawai et al , 2016 ). HSC quiescence is associated with glycolytic energy production rather than oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), ensuring low reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, which can be harmful to the genomic integrity (Ludin et al , 2014 ; Mistry et al , 2023 ) (Box 1 ; Fig 1A ). Additionally, low levels of metabolic activators and protein synthesis are hallmarks of quiescent HSCs (Chen et al , 2008 ; Gan et al , 2008 ; Signer et al , 2014 ; Ito et al , 2016 ; Scognamiglio et al , 2016 ; Vannini et al , 2016 ; Cabezas‐Wallscheid et al , 2017 ).…”