• Molecules and Cells
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.114-120
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• 2020

Drosophila hematopoiesis is comparable to mammalian differentiation of myeloid lineages, and therefore, has been a useful model organism in illustrating the molecular and genetic basis for hematopoiesis. Multiple novel regulators and signals have been uncovered using the tools of Drosophila genetics. A Runt domain protein, lozenge, is one of the first players recognized and closely studied in the hematopoietic lineage specification. Here, we explore the role of lozenge in determination of prohemocytes into a special class of hemocyte, namely the crystal cell, and discuss molecules and signals controlling the lozenge function and its implication in immunity and stress response. Given the highly conserved nature of Runt domain in both invertebrates and vertebrates, studies in Drosophila will enlighten our perspectives on Runx-mediated development and pathologies.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.101-108
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• 2022

Drosophila melanogaster lymph gland, the primary site of hematopoiesis, contains myeloid-like progenitor cells that differentiate into functional hemocytes in the circulation of pupae and adults. Fly hemocytes are dynamic and plastic, and they play diverse roles in the innate immune response and wound healing. Various hematopoietic regulators in the lymph gland ensure the developmental and functional balance between progenitors and mature blood cells. In addition, systemic factors, such as nutrient availability and sensory inputs, integrate environmental variabilities to synchronize the blood development in the lymph gland with larval growth, physiology, and immunity. This review examines the intrinsic and extrinsic factors determining the progenitor states during hemocyte development in the lymph gland and provides new insights for further studies that may extend the frontier of our collective knowledge on hematopoiesis and innate immunity.

• BMB Reports
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.223-228
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• 2015

The Drosophila lymph gland is the hematopoietic organ in which stem-like progenitors proliferate and give rise to myeloid-type blood cells. Mechanisms involved in Drosophila hematopoiesis are well established and known to be conserved in the vertebrate system. Recent studies in Drosophila lymph gland have provided novel insights into how external and internal stresses integrate into blood progenitor maintenance mechanisms and the control of blood cell fate decision. In this review, I will introduce a developmental overview of the Drosophila hematopoietic system, and recent understandings of how the system uses developmental signals not only for hematopoiesis but also as sensors for stress and environmental changes to elicit necessary blood responses. [BMB Reports 2015; 48(4): 223-228]

• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.1726-1731
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• 2011

본 연구의 목적은 누에형질전환체를 이용하여 재조합단백질 대량생산 시스템을 개발하는 것으로서, 본 실험에서는 hSCF유전자를 이용하여 누에에서 재조합단백질을 생산하였다. 실험에 사용된 piggyBac 전이벡터는 hSCF 유전자의 발현 조절을 위해 초파리 유래의 dHsp70 promoter를 사용하였고, EGFP marker유전자는 3xP3 promoter로 발현을 조절하였다. 총 1,020 개의 누에알에 microinjection 하여 G1 세대에서 22 bloods의 형질전환체를 선발하였고, 선발된 누에형질전환체는 초기배 단계의 눈과 신경조직, 유충과 번데기 그리고 성충의 눈에서 GFP 형광을 관찰 할 수 있었다. hSCF 재조합단백질의 발현은 Western blot 분석으로 확인 할 수 있었고, inverse PCR 분석을 통해서 누에 게놈에 전이벡터가 삽입된 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 지금까지의 실험 결과에서 hSCF 재조합 단백질이 누에에서 생산될 수 있음을 확인 할 수 있었다. 비록 누에에서 생산된 hSCF 재조합단백질의 생리활성에 대한 실험이 추후에 요구되지만, 이러한 실험결과는 piggyBac 전이벡터와 microinjection 법으로 누에에서 고부가가치의 재조합단백질을 대량생산 할 수 있음을 보여 주었다고 할 수 있겠다. 따라서 누에를 유용물질 생산을 위한 생체반응기로서 활용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.