However, as different lines of research converged, it became clear that some of the same signaling proteins which the hematopoietic and immune systems use were also being used by all sorts of other cells and tissues, during development and in the mature organism.
Porén, a medida que diversas liñas de investigación converxeron, empezou a parecer claro que algunhas das mesmas proteínas de sinalización das células dos tecidos hematopoéticos e inmunitarios tamén se utilizaban por todo tipo de células doutros tecidos, durante o desenvolvemento e tamén no organismo adulto.