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Erf is a gene for a ubiquitously expressed Ets DNA-binding domain-containing transcriptional repressor. Erf haploinsufficiency causes craniosynostosis in humans and mice, while its absence in mice leads to failed chorioallantoic fusion and death at embryonic day 10.5 (E10.5). In this study, we show that Erf is required in all three waves of embryonic hematopoiesis. Mice lacking Erf in the embryo proper exhibited severe anemia and died around embryonic day 14.5. Erf epiblast-specific knockout embryos had reduced numbers of circulating blood cells from E9.5 onwards, with the development of severe anemia by E14.5. Elimination of Erf resulted in both reduced and more immature primitive erythroblasts at E9.5 to E10.5. Reduced definitive erythroid colony-forming activity was found in the bloodstream of E10.5 embryos and in the fetal liver at E11.5 to E13.5. Finally, elimination of Erf resulted in impaired repopulation ability, indicating that Erf is necessary for hematopoietic stem cell maintenance or differentiation. We conclude that Erf is required for both primitive and erythromyeloid progenitor waves of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC)-independent hematopoiesis as well as for the normal function of HSCs. Copyright © 2017 American Society for Microbiology.

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Ioanna Peraki, James Palis, George Mavrothalassitis. The Ets2 Repressor Factor (Erf) Is Required for Effective Primitive and Definitive Hematopoiesis. Molecular and cellular biology. 2017 Oct 01;37(19)

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PMID: 28694332

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