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
2021
Methylation of dual-specificity phosphatase 4 controls cell differentiation
Su H, Jiang M, Senevirathne C, Aluri S, Zhang T, Guo H, Xavier-Ferrucio J, Jin S, Tran NT, Liu SM, Sun CW, Zhu Y, Zhao Q, Chen Y, Cable L, Shen Y, Liu J, Qu CK, Han X, Klug CA, Bhatia R, Chen Y, Nimer SD, Zheng YG, Iancu-Rubin C, Jin J, Deng H, Krause DS, Xiang J, Verma A, Luo M, Zhao X. Methylation of dual-specificity phosphatase 4 controls cell differentiation. Cell Reports 2021, 36: 109421. PMID: 34320342, PMCID: PMC9110119, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109421.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnimalsArginineCell DifferentiationCell LineChildDual-Specificity PhosphatasesEnzyme StabilityFemaleHEK293 CellsHumansMaleMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMegakaryocytesMethylationMice, Inbred C57BLMiddle AgedMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase PhosphatasesMyelodysplastic SyndromesP38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPolyubiquitinProtein-Arginine N-MethyltransferasesProteolysisRepressor ProteinsUbiquitinationYoung AdultConceptsDual-specificity phosphataseCell differentiationSingle-cell transcriptional analysisP38 MAPKControls cell differentiationE3 ligase HUWE1Knockdown screeningMK differentiationTranscriptional analysisMegakaryocyte differentiationProtein kinaseP38 axisP38 activationPRMT1Transcriptional signatureContext of thrombocytopeniaMK cellsMechanistic insightsPharmacological inhibitionDifferentiationMethylationMAPKPhosphataseUbiquitinylationActivation