2021
Regulation of RNA polymerase II activity is essential for terminal erythroid maturation
Murphy ZC, Murphy K, Myers J, Getman M, Couch T, Schulz VP, Lezon-Geyda K, Palumbo C, Yan H, Mohandas N, Gallagher PG, Steiner LA. Regulation of RNA polymerase II activity is essential for terminal erythroid maturation. Blood 2021, 138: 1740-1756. PMID: 34075391, PMCID: PMC8569412, DOI: 10.1182/blood.2020009903.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRNA polymerase IIRNA polymerase II activityTerminal erythroid maturationPolymerase II activityPolymerase IIErythroid maturationHuman erythroblastsGene expressionTerminal maturationII activityStage-specific regulationHistone posttranslational modificationsTransposase-accessible chromatinErythroid-specific genesAccumulation of heterochromatinHigh-throughput sequencingLevel of transcriptionLate-stage erythroblastsEssential biologic processesAccessible chromatinHistone marksTranscription elongationChromatin structureTranscriptional repressionChromatin immunoprecipitation
2017
STAT4 and T-bet control follicular helper T cell development in viral infections
Weinstein JS, Laidlaw BJ, Lu Y, Wang JK, Schulz VP, Li N, Herman EI, Kaech SM, Gallagher PG, Craft J. STAT4 and T-bet control follicular helper T cell development in viral infections. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2017, 215: 337-355. PMID: 29212666, PMCID: PMC5748849, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20170457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIL-21Tfh cellsT-betViral infectionFollicular helper T cellsHelper T cell developmentAcute viral infectionIFN-γ productionHelper T cellsGerminal center B cell survivalB cell survivalT cell developmentIL-4Viral challengeIL-9T cellsImmunoglobulin isotypesIFNSoluble factorsGC responseInfectionGC reactionSTAT4BCL6Cell survival
2016
In vivo correction of anaemia in β-thalassemic mice by γPNA-mediated gene editing with nanoparticle delivery
Bahal R, Ali McNeer N, Quijano E, Liu Y, Sulkowski P, Turchick A, Lu YC, Bhunia DC, Manna A, Greiner DL, Brehm MA, Cheng CJ, López-Giráldez F, Ricciardi A, Beloor J, Krause DS, Kumar P, Gallagher PG, Braddock DT, Mark Saltzman W, Ly DH, Glazer PM. In vivo correction of anaemia in β-thalassemic mice by γPNA-mediated gene editing with nanoparticle delivery. Nature Communications 2016, 7: 13304. PMID: 27782131, PMCID: PMC5095181, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13304.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNanoparticle deliveryGene correctionReversal of splenomegalyPeptide nucleic acidLow off-target effectsVivo correctionGenome editingOff-target effectsGene editingHaematopoietic stem cellsNucleic acidsDonor DNAStem cellsΓPNAΒ-thalassaemiaNanoparticlesDeliveryEditingSCF treatmentTriplex formation
2010
Mutation of a barrier insulator in the human ankyrin-1 gene is associated with hereditary spherocytosis
Gallagher PG, Steiner LA, Liem RI, Owen AN, Cline AP, Seidel NE, Garrett LJ, Bodine DM. Mutation of a barrier insulator in the human ankyrin-1 gene is associated with hereditary spherocytosis. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2010, 120: 4453-4465. PMID: 21099109, PMCID: PMC2993586, DOI: 10.1172/jci42240.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnkyrin-1 geneBarrier insulatorsTransgenic miceUpstream regionErythroid promoterChromatin configurationGene promoterErythroid cellsHereditary spherocytosisPotential pathogenetic mechanismsHuman ankyrin-1 geneHuman erythroid cell lineBarrier-associated proteinsErythroid cell linesPathogenetic mechanismsCommon causeUniform expressionNucleotide substitutionsRegion upstreamPromoter actsHuman diseasesPromoterCell linesPrimary cellsGenes
2007
Novel role for EKLF in megakaryocyte lineage commitment
Frontelo P, Manwani D, Galdass M, Karsunky H, Lohmann F, Gallagher PG, Bieker JJ. Novel role for EKLF in megakaryocyte lineage commitment. Blood 2007, 110: 3871-3880. PMID: 17715392, PMCID: PMC2190608, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-03-082065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsErythroid gene regulationKrüppel-like factorMegakaryocyte-erythroid progenitorsFormation of megakaryocytesGene regulationTranscriptional regulatorsLineage commitmentTranscription factorsHematopoietic differentiationErythroid differentiationCommon progenitorExpression profilingErythroid cellsEKLFMegakaryocyte lineageNovel roleMolecular analysisLineagesMessage levelsFunction studiesMegakaryocytesProgenitorsDifferentiationRepressionGenes
2005
GATA-1 and Oct-1 Are Required for Expression of the Human α-Hemoglobin-stabilizing Protein Gene*
Gallagher PG, Liem RI, Wong E, Weiss MJ, Bodine DM. GATA-1 and Oct-1 Are Required for Expression of the Human α-Hemoglobin-stabilizing Protein Gene*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2005, 280: 39016-39023. PMID: 16186125, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m506062200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBase SequenceBinding SitesBlood ProteinsCell LineCloning, MolecularDNA, ComplementaryErythropoiesisGATA1 Transcription FactorGene ExpressionGlobinsHeLa CellsHumansMiceMice, TransgenicMolecular ChaperonesMolecular Sequence DataMutationOctamer Transcription Factor-1Promoter Regions, GeneticRecombinant ProteinsRNA, MessengerConceptsAlpha-hemoglobin-stabilizing proteinGATA-1AHSP promoterAHSP genePromoter/reporter plasmidsGel mobility shift assaysAHSP gene expressionChromatin immunoprecipitation assaysErythroid-specific expressionMobility shift assaysFurther genetic studiesHuman tissue culture cell linesErythroid proteinTissue culture cell linesErythroid promoterNonerythroid tissuesProtein geneImmunoprecipitation assaysRegulatory elementsShift assaysGene promoterReporter geneCandidate genesDNase IGene expression
2000
The human ankyrin-1 gene is selectively transcribed in erythroid cell lines despite the presence of a housekeeping-like promoter.
Gallagher P, Romana M, Tse W, Lux S, Forget B. The human ankyrin-1 gene is selectively transcribed in erythroid cell lines despite the presence of a housekeeping-like promoter. Blood 2000, 96: 1136-43. PMID: 10910934, DOI: 10.1182/blood.v96.3.1136.015k48_1136_1143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman ankyrin-1 geneGATA-1Ankyrin-1 geneErythroid promoterPromoter/reporter plasmidsMultiple transcription initiation sitesElectrophoretic mobility shift assaysHousekeeping gene promoterRegulation of genesCCAAT consensus sequencesTranscription initiation siteMobility shift assaysReporter gene expressionGATA-1 sitesErythroid cell linesAntibody supershift experimentsCell linesErythrocyte membrane proteinsTissue culture cell linesCACCC siteSp1 sitesMembrane proteinsPromoter sequencesAnkyrin geneHTF islandGene transfer to ankyrin-deficient bone marrow corrects spherocytosis in vitro
Dooner G, Barker J, Gallagher P, Debatis M, Brown A, Forget B, Becker P. Gene transfer to ankyrin-deficient bone marrow corrects spherocytosis in vitro. Experimental Hematology 2000, 28: 765-774. PMID: 10907638, DOI: 10.1016/s0301-472x(00)00185-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnkyrinsBlotting, WesternBone MarrowCell LineElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelErythropoietinGene Transfer TechniquesGenetic TherapyHematopoietic Stem CellsHumansIn Vitro TechniquesMiceMice, Inbred BALB CRetroviridaeReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSpherocytosis, HereditaryConceptsMEL cellsAnkyrin promoterGene transferDependence of expressionMurine bone marrow cellsMurine erythroleukemia cellsNormal murine bone marrow cellsRetroviral vectorsNbs mutantsMutant bone marrowMurine 3T3 fibroblastsNB cellsAnkyrin proteinsMutant cellsPolymerase chain reactionErythroid differentiation culturesHuman hemolytic anemiasColony polymerase chain reactionRT-PCRErythroid expressionBone marrow progenitorsErythroleukemia cellsDifferentiation culturesAnkyrinWestern blot analysis
1995
Structure, Organization, and Expression of the Human Band 7.2b Gene, a Candidate Gene for Hereditary Hydrocytosis (∗)
Gallagher P, Forget B. Structure, Organization, and Expression of the Human Band 7.2b Gene, a Candidate Gene for Hereditary Hydrocytosis (∗). Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1995, 270: 26358-26363. PMID: 7592848, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.44.26358.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords3T3 CellsAmino Acid SequenceAnemia, HemolyticAnimalsBase SequenceBlood ProteinsBlotting, NorthernCell LineConsensus SequenceDNA PrimersDNA, ComplementaryExonsGene ExpressionGenetic VariationHominidaeHumansIntronsLeukemia, Erythroblastic, AcuteMembrane ProteinsMiceMolecular Sequence DataPolymerase Chain ReactionPolymorphism, GeneticPromoter Regions, GeneticRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidRestriction MappingRNA, MessengerTransfectionTumor Cells, CulturedConceptsSingle transcription initiation siteSimple sequence repeat polymorphismKilobases of DNATranscription initiation siteAlternative polyadenylation signalsFurther genetic studiesHigh-level expressionNorthern blot analysisPattern of expressionWide tissue distributionGenomic structureRich promoterNonerythroid cellsChromosomal genesPolyadenylation signalMembrane skeletonGene cDNAGene promoterReporter geneCandidate genesRecognition sequenceGenetic studiesInitiation siteGenesBase pairs
1994
Localization of the human α-fodrin gene (SPTAN1) to 9q33→q34 by fluorescence in situ hybridization
Upender M, Gallagher PG, Moon RT, Ward DC, Forget BG. Localization of the human α-fodrin gene (SPTAN1) to 9q33→q34 by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Cytogenetic And Genome Research 1994, 66: 39-41. PMID: 8275706, DOI: 10.1159/000133660.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCarrier ProteinsCell LineChromosome MappingChromosomes, Human, Pair 22Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9Gene LibraryHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceLeukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL PositiveLymphocyte ActivationLymphocytesMicrofilament ProteinsMultigene FamilySpectrinTranslocation, GeneticTumor Cells, CulturedConceptsSitu hybridizationCell linesTranslocation breakpoint regionChronic myelogenous leukemia cell lineHuman chronic myelogenous leukemia cell lineSpectrin geneMyelogenous leukemia cell lineLeukemia cell linesGenesTranslocation breakpointsChromosomesBreakpoint regionHybridizationLociFluorescencePh1 chromosomeLinesPhiladelphia chromosomeK562BreakpointsLocalizationMembers