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
2014
Isolation and transcriptome analyses of human erythroid progenitors: BFU-E and CFU-E
Li J, Hale J, Bhagia P, Xue F, Chen L, Jaffray J, Yan H, Lane J, Gallagher PG, Mohandas N, Liu J, An X. Isolation and transcriptome analyses of human erythroid progenitors: BFU-E and CFU-E. Blood 2014, 124: 3636-3645. PMID: 25339359, PMCID: PMC4256913, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2014-07-588806.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman BFUProgenitor populationsErythroid progenitorsDistinct progenitor populationsColony-forming unit-erythroid (CFU-E) cellsCFU-E cellsCFU-E coloniesCFU-E progenitorsHuman erythroid progenitorsUnit erythroid cellsColony assayErythroid cell culturesErythroid progenitor populationsTranscriptome analysisUnique transcriptomeStem cell factorCell culturesBioinformatics analysisHuman erythropoiesisFlow cytometry-based strategyMolecular characterizationBFU-E coloniesDifferentiation stagePrimary cellsCell factor