Gene expression changes in normal haematopoietic cells

Abstract

The complexity of the healthy hematopoietic system is immense, and as such, one must understand the biology driving normal hematopoietic expression profiles when designing experiments and interpreting expression data that involves normal cells. This chapter seeks to present an organized approach to the use and interpretation of gene profiling in normal hematopoiesis and broadly illustrates the challenges of selecting appropriate controls for high-throughput expression studies.