2019
Low iron promotes megakaryocytic commitment of megakaryocytic-erythroid progenitors in humans and mice
Xavier-Ferrucio J, Scanlon V, Li X, Zhang PX, Lozovatsky L, Ayala-Lopez N, Tebaldi T, Halene S, Cao C, Fleming MD, Finberg KE, Krause DS. Low iron promotes megakaryocytic commitment of megakaryocytic-erythroid progenitors in humans and mice. Blood 2019, 134: 1547-1557. PMID: 31439541, PMCID: PMC6839952, DOI: 10.1182/blood.2019002039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMK lineage commitmentExtracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathwaySignal-regulated kinase pathwayMegakaryocytic-erythroid progenitorsBone marrow transplantation assaysSignal transduction analysisIron-deficient conditionsGene expression analysisMegakaryocytic commitmentLineage commitmentTransferrin receptor 2MK lineageTmprss6-/- miceIron sensorExpression analysisKinase pathwayTransduction analysisTransplantation assaysErythroid progenitorsMarrow environmentHematopoietic cellsMessenger RNAPhospho-ERK1/2Systemic iron deficiencyLow iron
2016
Adult human megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitors are in the CD34+CD38mid fraction
Sanada C, Xavier-Ferrucio J, Lu YC, Min E, Zhang PX, Zou S, Kang E, Zhang M, Zerafati G, Gallagher PG, Krause DS. Adult human megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitors are in the CD34+CD38mid fraction. Blood 2016, 128: 923-933. PMID: 27268089, PMCID: PMC4990855, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2016-01-693705.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMegakaryocyte/erythroid progenitorsComparative expression analysisNovel enrichment strategyMegakaryocyte-erythroid progenitorsPurification strategySingle-cell levelShort hairpin RNAFate decisionsE lineageNovel purification strategyLineage fateLineage commitmentGranulocyte colony-stimulating factor-mobilized peripheral bloodMK lineageExpression analysisE progenitorsErythroid lineageFactor-mobilized peripheral bloodDifferential expressionES cellsErythroid progenitorsMYB knockdownHairpin RNALineagesColony-forming units