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ArticleThe EMBO journal2016

Cytokine-induced megakaryocytic differentiation is regulated by genome-wide loss of a uSTAT transcriptional program.

Hyun Jung Park, Juan Li, Rebecca Hannah, Simon Biddie, Ana I Leal-Cervantes, Kristina Kirschner, David Flores Santa Cruz, Veronika Sexl, Berthold Göttgens, Anthony R Green

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Hyun Jung ParkCambridge Institute for Medical Research, Wellcome Trust/MRC Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, UK Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Juan LiCambridge Institute for Medical Research, Wellcome Trust/MRC Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, UK Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Rebecca HannahCambridge Institute for Medical Research, Wellcome Trust/MRC Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, UK Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Simon BiddieCambridge Institute for Medical Research, Wellcome Trust/MRC Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, UK Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Ana I Leal-CervantesCambridge Institute for Medical Research, Wellcome Trust/MRC Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, UK Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Kristina KirschnerCambridge Institute for Medical Research, Wellcome Trust/MRC Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, UK Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
David Flores Santa CruzCambridge Institute for Medical Research, Wellcome Trust/MRC Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, UK Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Veronika SexlInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Veterinary University Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Berthold GöttgensCambridge Institute for Medical Research, Wellcome Trust/MRC Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, UK Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK bg200@cam.ac.uk arg1000@cam.ac.uk.
Anthony R GreenCambridge Institute for Medical Research, Wellcome Trust/MRC Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, UK Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Department of Haematology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK bg200@cam.ac.uk arg1000@cam.ac.uk.
University of Cambridge · GBWellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute · GBAddenbrooke's Hospital · GBUniversity of Veterinary Medicine Vienna · AT

Funding

Cancer Research UK 12765Medical Research Council MC_PC_12009Medical Research Council MR/M008975/1Wellcome Trust 104710/Z/14/ZWellcome Trust 97922
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metazoan development is regulated by transcriptional networks, which must respond to extracellular cues including cytokines. The JAK/STAT pathway is a highly conserved regulatory module, activated by many cytokines, in which tyrosine-phosphorylated STATs (pSTATs) function as transcription factors. However, the mechanisms by which STAT activation modulates lineage-affiliated transcriptional programs are unclear. We demonstrate that in the absence of thrombopoietin (TPO), tyrosine-unphosphorylated STAT5 (uSTAT5) is present in the nucleus where it colocalizes with CTCF and represses a megakaryocytic transcriptional program. TPO-mediated phosphorylation of STAT5 triggers its genome-wide relocation to STAT consensus sites with two distinct transcriptional consequences, loss of a uSTAT5 program that restrains megakaryocytic differentiation and activation of a canonical pSTAT5-driven program which includes regulators of apoptosis and proliferation. Transcriptional repression by uSTAT5 reflects restricted access of the megakaryocytic transcription factor ERG to target genes. These results identify a previously unrecognized mechanism of cytokine-mediated differentiation.

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Gene Expression RegulationAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationCells, CulturedMegakaryocytesMice, Inbred C57BLPhosphorylationProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalSTAT5 Transcription FactorThrombopoietinSTAT5 Transcription FactorThrombopoietincytokinedifferentiationhaematopoiesisJAK/STATmegakaryocyte

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PMID26702099
PMCPMC4801948
OpenAlexW2187652773

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