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ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2014

Extrinsic and intrinsic control by EKLF (KLF1) within a specialized erythroid niche.

Li Xue, Mariann Galdass, Merlin Nithya Gnanapragasam, Deepa Manwani, James J Bieker

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Article in Development (Cambridge, England), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Li XueDepartment of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Mariann GaldassDepartment of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Merlin Nithya GnanapragasamDepartment of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Deepa ManwaniDepartment of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.
James J BiekerDepartment of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA james.bieker@mssm.edu.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · US

Funding

Bipotential lineage determination by EKLFR01DK077822 · NIDDK · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI BIEKER, JAMES J · 2008 to 2012
$1.7M
Intrinsic and extrinsic control of erythropoietic maturationR01DK102260 · NIDDK · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI BIEKER, JAMES J · 2014 to 2017
$1.5M
USE OF MODIFIED EKLF FOR GAMMA GLOBIN AUGMENTATIONK08DK002871 · NIDDK · MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF NYU · PI MANWANI, DEEPA G · 2000 to 2004
$631k
NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK002871NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK077822NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK102260NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK77822
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The erythroblastic island provides an important nutritional and survival support niche for efficient erythropoietic differentiation. Island integrity is reliant on adhesive interactions between erythroid and macrophage cells. We show that erythroblastic islands can be formed from single progenitor cells present in differentiating embryoid bodies, and that these correspond to erythro-myeloid progenitors (EMPs) that first appear in the yolk sac of the early developing embryo. Erythroid Krüppel-like factor (EKLF; KLF1), a crucial zinc finger transcription factor, is expressed in the EMPs, and plays an extrinsic role in erythroid maturation by being expressed in the supportive macrophage of the erythroblastic island and regulating relevant genes important for island integrity within these cells. Together with its well-established intrinsic contributions to erythropoiesis, EKLF thus plays a coordinating role between two different cell types whose interaction provides the optimal environment to generate a mature red blood cell.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalStem Cell NicheAnimalsCell AdhesionCell DifferentiationCell MembraneEmbryonic Stem CellsErythroblastsErythrocytesErythroid Precursor CellsErythropoiesisKruppel-Like Transcription FactorsMacrophagesMicePromoter Regions, GeneticReticulocyteserythroid Kruppel-like factorKruppel-Like Transcription FactorsEKLF/KLF1Erythroblastic islandErythroid-myeloid progenitorMouse

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PMID24866116
PMCPMC4034424
OpenAlexW2132078089

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