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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Hugh Brady
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-55014 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
The Journal of experimental medicine 20140324 4
The transcription factor E4bp4 (Nfil3) is essential for natural killer (NK) cell production. Here, we show that E4bp4 is required at the NK lineage commitment point when NK progenitors develop from common lymphoid progenitors (CLPs) and that E4bp4 must be expressed at the CLP stage for differentiation toward the NK lineage to occur. To elucidate the mechanism by which E4bp4 promotes NK development, we identified a central core of transcription factors that can rescue NK production from E4bp4(-/- ...[more]