Cell cycle analysis was performed after incubation with Hoechst 33342 and Pyronin Y followed by labeling with FITC-anti-lineage antibodies, APC-anti-c-kit and PE-Cy7-anti-Sca-1 [23 (link)]. BrdU labeling was determined as described [24 (link)]. For Ki67 staining, lineage-depleted cells were first stained with streptavidin-APC-Cy7, APC-anti-c-kit, PE-Cy7-anti-Sca-1, and treated with Cytofix/Cytoperm reagents according to the manufacturer's instructions (BD Biosciences). Cells were incubated with PE-anti-Ki67 antibody and propidium iodide (PI) in BD Perm/Wash buffer and analyzed using FACS.