The Hedgehog receptor Patched controls lymphoid lineage commitment
The Hedgehog receptor Patched controls lymphoid lineage commitment
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DOI:
10.1182/blood-2007-02-075648
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发表时间:
2007-09-15
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影响因子:
20.3
通讯作者:
Hahn, Heidi
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作者:
Uhmann, Anja;Dittmann, Kai;Hahn, Heidi
A first step in hematopoiesis is the specification of the lymphoid and myeloid lineages from multipotent progenitor cells in the bone marrow. Using a conditional ablation strategy in adult mice, we show that this differentiation step requires Patched (Ptch), the cell surface-bound receptor for Hedgehog (Hh). In the absence of Ptch, the development of T- and B-lymphoid lineages is blocked at the level of the common lymphoid progenitor in the bone marrow. Consequently, the generation of peripheral T and B cells is abrogated. Cells of the myeloid lineage develop normally in Ptch mutant mice. Finally, adoptive transfer experiments identified the stromal cell compartment as a critical Ptch-dependent inducer of lymphoid versus myeloid lineage commitment. Our data show that Ptch acts as a master switch for proper diversification of hematopoietic stem cells in the adult organism.