2016
Leukaemia-associated Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor (LARG) plays an agonist specific role in platelet function through RhoA activation
Zou S, Teixeira AM, Yin M, Xiang Y, Xavier-Ferrucio J, Zhang PX, Hwa J, Min W, Krause DS. Leukaemia-associated Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor (LARG) plays an agonist specific role in platelet function through RhoA activation. Thrombosis And Haemostasis 2016, 116: 506-516. PMID: 27345948, PMCID: PMC5845781, DOI: 10.1160/th15-11-0848.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMegakaryocyte maturationPlatelet functionRhoA activationKO plateletsLeukemia-associated Rho guanineΑ-granule releasePlatelet signal transductionSmall molecule-mediated inhibitionExchange factorSignal transductionMyosin light chain phosphorylationRho guanineKO miceBleeding timeHuman megakaryocytesInternal bleedingPlatelet aggregationNormal haemostasisLight chain phosphorylationHuman plateletsVivo assaysPlateletsSpecific roleMiceChain phosphorylation
2009
Role for MKL1 in megakaryocytic maturation
Cheng EC, Luo Q, Bruscia EM, Renda MJ, Troy JA, Massaro SA, Tuck D, Schulz V, Mane SM, Berliner N, Sun Y, Morris SW, Qiu C, Krause DS. Role for MKL1 in megakaryocytic maturation. Blood 2009, 113: 2826-2834. PMID: 19136660, PMCID: PMC2661865, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-09-180596.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBlood Cell CountBone MarrowCell DifferentiationCell Line, TumorCells, CulturedDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationHumansLeukemia, Erythroblastic, AcuteMegakaryocytesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisOncogene Proteins, FusionPloidiesRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRNA InterferenceRNA, Small InterferingSerum Response FactorThrombocytopeniaThrombopoiesisThrombopoietinTrans-ActivatorsConceptsMegakaryoblastic leukemia 1Reduced platelet countsSerum response factorMegakaryocytic differentiationPeripheral bloodPlatelet countMKL1 expressionMegakaryoblastic leukemiaBone marrow megakaryocytesMuscle cellsPresence of thrombopoietinPhysiologic maturationHuman erythroleukemia cell lineIncreased numberMarrow megakaryocytesCell linesErythroleukemia cell lineMegakaryocytesMegakaryocytic maturationDifferentiated muscle cellsOverexpressionConcurrent increaseMuscle differentiationCellsMaturation
2004
A preclinical xenotransplantation animal model to assess human hematopoietic stem cell engraftment
Angelopoulou MK, Rinder H, Wang C, Burtness B, Cooper DL, Krause DS. A preclinical xenotransplantation animal model to assess human hematopoietic stem cell engraftment. Transfusion 2004, 44: 555-566. PMID: 15043572, DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2004.03285.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman cell engraftmentHuman CFU-MKCell engraftmentPLT engraftmentWBC engraftmentCFU-MKAutologous PBPC transplantationEnhancement of engraftmentMultilineage human hematopoiesisPercent of patientsPLT recoveryHuman WBCsMouse xenotransplantation modelHematopoietic stem cell engraftmentHuman hematopoietic stem cell engraftmentNOD-SCID miceStem cell engraftmentXenogeneic transplant modelBlood weeklyPBPC transplantationTransplant modelLiver abnormalitiesPatients CorrelateAutologous transplantationHuman PLTs
2003
Cotransplantation of human mesenchymal stem cells enhances human myelopoiesis and megakaryocytopoiesis in NOD/SCID mice
Angelopoulou M, Novelli E, Grove JE, Rinder HM, Civin C, Cheng L, Krause DS. Cotransplantation of human mesenchymal stem cells enhances human myelopoiesis and megakaryocytopoiesis in NOD/SCID mice. Experimental Hematology 2003, 31: 413-420. PMID: 12763140, DOI: 10.1016/s0301-472x(03)00042-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood stem cellsNOD/SCID miceMesenchymal stem cellsMSC cotransplantationTransplant recipientsSCID miceCotransplantation of MSCsHematopoietic stem cellsHuman peripheral blood stem cellsStem cellsAllogeneic transplant recipientsTransplantation of CD34Autologous transplant recipientsHuman mesenchymal stem cellsBlood stem cellsHuman cell engraftmentMarrow-derived stromal cellsBone marrow cellsPlatelet engraftmentHuman bone marrow cellsHuman hematopoietic stem cellsCotransplantationBone marrowMegakaryocytic engraftmentB lymphocytes