Nature Communications (Apr 2017)

The Pu.1 target gene Zbtb11 regulates neutrophil development through its integrase-like HHCC zinc finger

  • Maria-Cristina Keightley,
  • Duncan P. Carradice,
  • Judith E. Layton,
  • Luke Pase,
  • Julien Y. Bertrand,
  • Johannes G. Wittig,
  • Aleksandar Dakic,
  • Andrew P. Badrock,
  • Nicholas J. Cole,
  • David Traver,
  • Stephen L. Nutt,
  • Julia McCoey,
  • Ashley M. Buckle,
  • Joan K. Heath,
  • Graham J. Lieschke

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14911
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Neutrophils are increased in response to injury and infection but how they form from a common granulocyte-macrophage progenitor is unclear. Here, the authors identify a role for the transcriptional repressor ZBTB11 in zebrafish, which is regulated by master myeloid regulators and repressesTP53.