2023
Assay optimization for the objective quantification of human multilineage colony-forming units
Thompson E, Carlino M, Scanlon V, Grimes H, Krause D. Assay optimization for the objective quantification of human multilineage colony-forming units. Experimental Hematology 2023, 124: 36-44.e3. PMID: 37271449, PMCID: PMC10527702, DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2023.05.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFluorescence-activated cell sortingLineage potentialCommon myeloid progenitorsHigh-throughput microscopyMultilineage colony-forming unitsProportion of coloniesSpecific growth factorsCFU assayColony-forming unit assaysMultipotent progenitorsProgenitor populationsLineage outputSitu immunofluorescenceMegakaryocytic lineageMK cellsMegakaryocytic cellsCell typesMyeloid progenitorsProgenitor cellsCell morphologyCell sortingUnit assaysIL-3Colony typesCulture conditions
2018
Concise Review: Bipotent Megakaryocytic-Erythroid Progenitors: Concepts and Controversies
Xavier-Ferrucio J, Krause DS. Concise Review: Bipotent Megakaryocytic-Erythroid Progenitors: Concepts and Controversies. Stem Cells 2018, 36: 1138-1145. PMID: 29658164, PMCID: PMC6105498, DOI: 10.1002/stem.2834.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMegakaryocytic-erythroid progenitorsProgenitor cellsDifferent functional outputsVariety of speciesProgenitor stageIntermediate progenitor stageErythroid cellsHuman hematopoiesisBlood formationMegakaryocytic lineageMurine cellsHematopoietic stemHematopoietic progenitorsFunctional outputStem cellsDifferentiation capabilityHematopoiesis processProgenitorsLineagesHematopoiesisCell sourceCellsDiscrete stepsRecent advancesSpecies
2010
Serum response factor is an essential transcription factor in megakaryocytic maturation
Halene S, Gao Y, Hahn K, Massaro S, Italiano JE, Schulz V, Lin S, Kupfer GM, Krause DS. Serum response factor is an essential transcription factor in megakaryocytic maturation. Blood 2010, 116: 1942-1950. PMID: 20525922, PMCID: PMC3173990, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2010-01-261743.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBleeding TimeBlood PlateletsBone Marrow CellsCell DifferentiationCell LineageCells, CulturedCytoskeletonFemaleFlow CytometryGene Expression ProfilingLuminescent ProteinsMaleMegakaryocytesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionPlatelet CountPlatelet Factor 4Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSerum Response FactorThrombocytopeniaTranscription FactorsConceptsSerum response factorCytoskeletal genesTranscription factorsMADS-box transcription factorsRole of SRFNormal megakaryocyte maturationAbnormal actin distributionResponse factorEssential transcription factorNormal Mendelian frequencyMegakaryocyte developmentMuscle differentiationPF4-Cre miceStress fibersMegakaryocyte maturationMegakaryocytic maturationActin distributionMegakaryocytic lineageMendelian frequencyMegakaryocyte progenitorsVivo assaysCFU-MKGenesPlatelet productionCritical role