2015
Pomalidomide reverses γ-globin silencing through the transcriptional reprogramming of adult hematopoietic progenitors
Dulmovits BM, Appiah-Kubi AO, Papoin J, Hale J, He M, Al-Abed Y, Didier S, Gould M, Husain-Krautter S, Singh SA, Chan KW, Vlachos A, Allen SL, Taylor N, Marambaud P, An X, Gallagher PG, Mohandas N, Lipton JM, Liu JM, Blanc L. Pomalidomide reverses γ-globin silencing through the transcriptional reprogramming of adult hematopoietic progenitors. Blood 2015, 127: 1481-1492. PMID: 26679864, PMCID: PMC4797024, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2015-09-667923.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnemia, Sickle CellBeta-GlobinsCarrier ProteinsErythroid Precursor CellsErythropoiesisFetal HemoglobinGamma-GlobinsGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGenetic VectorsHematopoietic Stem CellsHistone DemethylasesHumansIkaros Transcription FactorKruppel-Like Transcription FactorsLentivirusMultiple MyelomaNeoplasm ProteinsNuclear ProteinsProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexRepressor ProteinsRNA InterferenceRNA, Small InterferingSOXD Transcription FactorsThalidomideTranscription, GeneticConceptsSickle cell anemiaCell anemiaΓ-globinThird-generation immunomodulatory drugAdult human erythroblastsMultiple myeloma patientsHematopoietic progenitorsΓ-globin levelsΓ-globin repressionCurrent therapeutic strategiesErythroid differentiation programFetal hemoglobinAdult hematopoietic progenitorsPomalidomide treatmentImmunomodulatory drugsMyeloma patientsTranscriptional reprogrammingFetal hemoglobin productionTranscription networksTherapeutic strategiesDifferentiation programPomalidomideHuman erythroblastsΒ-hemoglobinopathiesGenetic ablation
2006
Lentivirus Vectors Containing a Band 3/γ-Globin Gene Flanked by Distinct Insulator Elements Are Resistant to Gene Silencing in Primary Mouse Erythroid Cells.
Harrow F, Frazar T, Seidel N, Gallagher P, Bodine D. Lentivirus Vectors Containing a Band 3/γ-Globin Gene Flanked by Distinct Insulator Elements Are Resistant to Gene Silencing in Primary Mouse Erythroid Cells. Blood 2006, 108: 3260. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v108.11.3260.3260.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchΓ-globin geneLocus control regionInsulator elementsΓ-globinΓ-globin mRNAB3 promoterStart siteΓ-globin gene expressionMouse hematopoietic progenitor cellsLike globin genesAbundant membrane proteinErythroid-specific expressionTranscription start siteΓ-globin expressionMouse erythroid cellsCorrect start sitesHigh-throughput real-time PCRHypersensitive site 4Transgenic miceΒ-globin geneMultiple upstream sitesInsulator activityGlobin genesHematopoietic stem cellsMembrane proteins