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. 2021 Dec 1;36(1):23–32. doi: 10.1038/s41375-021-01482-0

Fig. 1. Effects of innate immunity when activated within the hormetic zone on the surface of HSPCs.

Fig. 1

Mediators of innate immunity, including the ComC-derived anaphylatoxins C3a, C5a, and C5b-C9 at low concentration and activation of Nlrp3 inflammasomes within the hormetic zone, exert several positive effects on hematopoiesis, including (i) regulation of HSPC circadian circulation, (ii) mobilization in response to external and intrinsic stimuli, (iii) homing and engraftment after transplantation, and, what is also very likely, (iv) promotion of HSPC proliferation and expansion due to regulation of intracellular metabolism in a complosome-dependent manner.