“…Surviving host MKs migrate to endosteal surfaces in bone where they stimulate a 2-fold increase in OB number thus augmenting the so-called endosteal hematopoietic stem cell niches. Contact between MKs and OBs and/or their precursors have been described (Cheng, et al, 2000, Miao, et al, 2004, Kacena, et al, 2004, Ciovacco, et al, 2009, Ciovacco, et al, 2010, Lemieux, et al, 2010, Dominici, et al, 2009, Kacena, et al, 2012, Cheng, et al, 2013). As an example, Cheng et al (Cheng, et al, 2000) observed that when isolating bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs), complexes existed consisting of BMSCs and MKs, demonstrating a physical association between these cells.…”