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Neutrophils deficient in PU.1 do not terminally differentiate or become functionally competent.
Blood - 1 Sept 1998
Anderson K L, Smith K A, Pio F, Torbett B E, Maki R A
Abstract excerpt
PU.1 is an ets family transcription factor that is expressed specifically in hematopoietic lineages. Through gene disruption studies in mice we have previously shown that the expression of PU.1 is not essential for early myeloid lineage or neutrophil commitment, but is essential for monocyte/macrophage development. We have also shown that PU.1-null (deficient) neutrophils have neutrophil morphology and express...
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