2020
Current understanding of human megakaryocytic-erythroid progenitors and their fate determinants.
Kwon N, Thompson EN, Mayday MY, Scanlon V, Lu YC, Krause DS. Current understanding of human megakaryocytic-erythroid progenitors and their fate determinants. Current Opinion In Hematology 2020, 28: 28-35. PMID: 33186151, PMCID: PMC7737300, DOI: 10.1097/moh.0000000000000625.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell LineageErythroid CellsHematopoiesisHumansMegakaryocyte-Erythroid Progenitor CellsMegakaryocytesTranscriptomeConceptsMegakaryocyte-erythroid progenitorsFate decisionsCell fate decisionsMegakaryocytic-erythroid progenitorsGene expression patternsProgenitor cell biologyFate determinantsFate determinationCurrent understandingTranscription factorsCell biologyExpression patternsPluripotent progenitorsProgenitorsModel systemExtrinsic factorsBiologyDisease statesFateDevelopment leadEpigeneticsMegakaryocytesUnderstandingDiscoveryIsolation
2018
The Molecular Signature of Megakaryocyte-Erythroid Progenitors Reveals a Role for the Cell Cycle in Fate Specification
Lu YC, Sanada C, Xavier-Ferrucio J, Wang L, Zhang PX, Grimes HL, Venkatasubramanian M, Chetal K, Aronow B, Salomonis N, Krause DS. The Molecular Signature of Megakaryocyte-Erythroid Progenitors Reveals a Role for the Cell Cycle in Fate Specification. Cell Reports 2018, 25: 2083-2093.e4. PMID: 30463007, PMCID: PMC6336197, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.10.084.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsCell CycleCell LineageGene Expression RegulationGene Regulatory NetworksHEK293 CellsHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMegakaryocyte-Erythroid Progenitor CellsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycReproducibility of ResultsSignal TransductionTranscription, GeneticTumor Suppressor Protein p53ConceptsMegakaryocytic-erythroid progenitorsCommon myeloid progenitorsTranscription factorsCell cycleSingle-cell RNA sequencingRegulatory transcription factorsMegakaryocyte-erythroid progenitorsCell cycle regulatorsCell cycle activationFate specificationLineage specificationE lineageMalignant disease statesGenetic manipulationRNA sequencingE progenitorsErythroid maturationCycle regulatorsDifferential expressionHuman cellsHealthy human cellsCycle activationMegakaryocyte progenitorsMolecular signaturesMyeloid progenitorsConcise Review: Bipotent Megakaryocytic-Erythroid Progenitors: Concepts and Controversies
Xavier-Ferrucio J, Krause DS. Concise Review: Bipotent Megakaryocytic-Erythroid Progenitors: Concepts and Controversies. Stem Cells 2018, 36: 1138-1145. PMID: 29658164, PMCID: PMC6105498, DOI: 10.1002/stem.2834.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMegakaryocytic-erythroid progenitorsProgenitor cellsDifferent functional outputsVariety of speciesProgenitor stageIntermediate progenitor stageErythroid cellsHuman hematopoiesisBlood formationMegakaryocytic lineageMurine cellsHematopoietic stemHematopoietic progenitorsFunctional outputStem cellsDifferentiation capabilityHematopoiesis processProgenitorsLineagesHematopoiesisCell sourceCellsDiscrete stepsRecent advancesSpecies
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