Communications Biology (Apr 2022)

Heterozygous variants in GATA2 contribute to DCML deficiency in mice by disrupting tandem protein binding

  • Atsushi Hasegawa,
  • Yuki Hayasaka,
  • Masanobu Morita,
  • Yuta Takenaka,
  • Yuna Hosaka,
  • Ikuo Hirano,
  • Masayuki Yamamoto,
  • Ritsuko Shimizu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03316-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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DCML deficiency is a disorder marked by loss of multiple immune cell types. Mutations that affect a single allele of the GATA2 transcription factor may lead to DCML by interfering with normal GATA2 binding, altering expression of important immune cell pathways.