The chemokine CXCL4/platelet factor 4 (PF4) gene, a key player in myelofibrosis, was knocked out by CRISPR/Cas9 in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) of a polycythemia vera (PV) patient with JAK2 V617F mutation. Two CXCL4 iPS cell lines with and without JAK2 V617F mutation (UKAi002-B-1 and UKAi002-A-1, respectively) were generated. CXCL4 iPS cells showed deletion of exon 1 and complete loss of CXCL4 protein.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDendritic cells (DC) are professional antigen-presenting cells that develop from hematopoietic stem cells. Different DC subsets exist based on ontogeny, location and function, including the recently identified proinflammatory DC3 subset. DC3 have the prominent activity to polarize CD8 T cells into CD8 CD103 tissue resident T cells.
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