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ArticleImmunity2026

Transcription factor Maf promotes expression of repressor Zeb2 to drive microglia development in primitive hematopoiesis.

Jing Chen, Siling Du, Wenxuan Cheng, Junedh M Amrute, Min Woo Kim, Ray A Ohara, Jichang Han, Suin Jo, Leah Kim, Zhenxiao Wang and 7 more

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Article in Immunity, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Mechanisms, regulation and clinical relevance of necroptosis.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Jing ChenDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Medical Scientist Training Program, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Siling DuDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG) Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Wenxuan ChengDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Junedh M AmruteCenter for Cardiovascular Research, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Medical Scientist Training Program, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Min Woo KimDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Medical Scientist Training Program, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Ray A OharaDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Jichang HanDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Suin JoDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Leah KimDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Zhenxiao WangDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Hansoo SongDepartment of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, NY, USA.
J Luke PostoakDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Sunkyung KimDepartment of Microbiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Gwendalyn J RandolphDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Jonathan KipnisDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG) Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Theresa L MurphyDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Kenneth M MurphyDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. Electronic address: kmurphy@wustl.edu.

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOGENETICST32AI007163 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Kenneth M Murphy, Kodi S Ravichandran · 1985 to 2026
$14.8M
Molecular Basis of cDC1 DevelopmentR01AI162643 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MURPHY, KENNETH M · 2022 to 2025
$2.8M
Function of Wdfy4 in cross-presentation and immunityR01AI150297 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MURPHY, KENNETH M · 2019 to 2023
$2.5M
Understanding the Mechanisms of DC Licensing in CD8 T Cell PrimingR01CA248919 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MURPHY, KENNETH M · 2021 to 2025
$2.3M
Role of WDFY4 in Treg developmentR01AI191447 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CHYI S HSIEH, Kenneth M Murphy · 2025 to 2026
$1.5M
Function of Wdfy4 in cross-presentation and immunityR37AI150297 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Kenneth M Murphy · 2025 to 2026
$1.1M
Mechanism of c-MYC repression by IRF8 in myeloid lineagesR21AI164142 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MURPHY, KENNETH M · 2021 to 2022
$433k
Transcriptional basis of embryonic macrophage developmentR21AI163421 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MURPHY, KENNETH M · 2022 to 2023
$430k
The role of EMT transcription factor Zeb2 in fetal hematopoiesisF30HL167565 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CHEN, JING · 2023 to 2025
$142k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA248919NHLBI NIH HHS F30 HL167565NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI150297NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI162643NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI191447NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI163421NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI164142NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI150297NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007163
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microglia arise exclusively from yolk sac progenitors during primitive hematopoiesis, while other tissue-resident macrophages originate during transient-definitive and definitive hematopoiesis. Macrophage development requires the transcriptional repressor zinc finger E-box-binding homeobox 2 (Zeb2), and those derived from definitive hematopoiesis depend on the -165 kb Zeb2 enhancer. However, microglia develop normally in Zeb2

Indexed as

HematopoiesisMicrogliaProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mafZinc Finger E-box Binding Homeobox 2AnimalsCell DifferentiationEnhancer Elements, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHematopoietic Stem CellsMacrophagesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMaf protein, mouseProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mafZEB2 protein, mouseZinc Finger E-box Binding Homeobox 2enhancerMafmicrogliamusculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene homologtissue-resident macrophagestranscriptional regulationZeb2zinc finger E-box-binding homeobox 2

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PMID41455473
PMCPMC12854547

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