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
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
2001
Xenotransplantation of immunodeficient mice with mobilized human blood CD34+ cells provides an in vivo model for human megakaryocytopoiesis and platelet production
Perez L, Rinder H, Wang C, Tracey J, Maun N, Krause D. Xenotransplantation of immunodeficient mice with mobilized human blood CD34+ cells provides an in vivo model for human megakaryocytopoiesis and platelet production. Blood 2001, 97: 1635-1643. PMID: 11238102, DOI: 10.1182/blood.v97.6.1635.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood stem cellsHuman peripheral blood stem cellsPlatelet productionVivo modelStudy of megakaryocytopoiesisCFU-MKHuman megakaryocytopoiesisImmunodeficient miceBone marrowHuman plateletsExogenous cytokinesNOD/SCID miceHuman hematopoiesisBlood stem cellsHuman cell engraftmentPlatelet developmentNonobese diabetic/Lymphoid lineageStem cellsHuman blood CD34MegakaryocytopoiesisPeripheral bloodCytokine stimulationMurine recipientsThrombin stimulation