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ReviewImmunologic research2008

Transcriptional regulation of early B cell development.

Daniel L Northrup, David Allman

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Review in Immunologic research, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Dissecting teleost B cell differentiation using transcription factors.Developmental and comparative immunology · 2011
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  20. Roles of the NF-kappaB pathway in lymphocyte development and function.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2010
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniel L NorthrupDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 230 John Morgan Building, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 36th and Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, 19104-6082, PA, USA.
David Allman
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

All blood cell types including mature B cells derive from pluripotent hematopoietic stem cells. The developmental cues responsible for guiding multipotent cells to the B cell fate remain to be fully elucidated. During recent years, it has become clear that firm commitment to the B cell fate requires the active suppression of differentiation potentials for alternative fates. Through the work of our laboratory and many others, it is now apparent that early B cell development and B-lineage commitment is controlled by a complex interplay between specific cytokine receptors and a variety of transcription factors. Whereas the transcription factor Pax5 has been touted as the chief transcriptional regulator of B-lineage commitment, our recent studies suggest that the B cell fate is established through the concerted action of several transcription factors including Early B cell Factor-1 (EBF). Notably, we recently found that EBF is able to suppress myeloid and T cell differentiation when introduced into multipotent Pax5(null/null) progenitors. Past work has also established that EBF expression is connected to the activity of the receptor for the cytokine IL-7. Therefore, the IL-7/EBF pathway plays a key and non-redundant role in establishing the B cell fate. This work provides a provisional model for understanding the molecular basis for B cell developmental biology. Furthermore, because aging leads to a decline in early B cell development and reduced IL-7 responsiveness, this work establishes a conceptual framework for understanding how and why aging leads to the loss of early B cell precursors.

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Gene Expression RegulationAgingAnimalsB-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationCell LineageCytokinesHumansLymphoid Progenitor CellsTranscription FactorsCytokinesTranscription Factors

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PMID18818886
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