“…The Runx1 and Gata2 transcription factors also show expression in the ventral aspect of the aorta at E10.5 and are required for hematopoietic progenitor and stem cell generation from hemogenic endothelium (Chen et al, 2009; Tober et al, 2013). Moreover, Notch signalling is essential for EHT in vivo (Gama-Norton et al, 2015), initiating endothelial cell fate change to a hematopoietic cell in the AGM through the Notch ligand jagged 1 (Robert-Moreno et al, 2008; Gerhardt et al, 2014; Guiu et al, 2014; Tang et al, 2013). Notch 1 is expressed in most of the cells of the intra-aortic hematopoietic clusters, similar to jagged 1 (Robert-Moreno et al, 2008).…”