Table 2.
Model system | Target cells | Hematopoietic outcomes | Rf. |
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Fip200flox/flox × Tie2-Cre | HSCs | Myeloproliferation, HSC apoptosis, and severe anemia. | [167] |
Atg5flox/flox × Vav-Cre | Lymphopenia, anemia, accumulation of monocytes, macrophages, and neutrophils. | [200] | |
Atg12flox/flox × Mx1-cre | Increased apoptosis in HSCs and loss of HSCs. | [201] | |
Atg7flox/flox × Vav-Cre | Loss of HSC function, severe myeloproliferation, defective megakaryocyte homeostasis, platelet aggregation, apoptosis in bone marrow, defective HSPC quiescence, and cell cycle arrest. | [165, 202, 203] | |
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Atg5flox/flox × CD19-Cre | B cells | Defective antibody responses in B cells, increased cell death in BM, depletion in B-1 B cells, defective B cell homeostasis, EMH, and anemia. | [183, 184, 187] |
Atg5flox/− × CD21-Cre | Decreased T1 B cells and follicular B-cell numbers, reduced B-1a and B-2 B-cell proportion. | [185] | |
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Atg5flox/flox × Gzmb-Cre Atg7flox/flox × Gzmb-Cre |
T cells | Pathogen infection, loss of memory T cell function. | [197] |
Atg7flox/flox × CD4-Cre | Loss of iNKT in lymphoid organs, lymphopenia, severely compromised CD8+ memory T cells. | [192] | |
Atg3flox/flox × Lck-Cre | Decreased T cell numbers. | [195] | |
Atg5flox/flox × Cre-ERT2 | Loss of CD8+ T cells, a severe reduction in lymphoid-specific memory T cells. | [198] | |
Atg5flox/flox × CD4-Cre, Atg7flox/flox × Lck-Cre | Significant reduction in iNKT, CD4, and CD8 T cell numbers. | [193, 194] | |
Vps34flox/flox;CD4-Cre | Impaired T cell homeostasis and anemia. | [189] | |
Atg7flox/flox;CD4-Cre | Progressive anemia perturbed iNKT cell development. | [191] | |
Atg16l1flox/flox;Cd11c-Cre | GVHD with increased T cell proliferation. | [199] | |
Atg16l1flox/flox;CD4-Cre | Expanded T cell proliferation, impaired innate NK T lymphocyte development. | [190] | |
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Atg3flox/flox Ubc;cre-ERT2 | NK cells | Loss of memory NK cells. | [204] |
Atg5flox/flox;NKp46-Cre | Impairment in NK cell development, reduction in iNKs and mNKs in the spleen and BM. | [205] | |
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ATG5flox/flox-Lyz-Cre | Macrophages | Perturbed lymphoid and myeloid cell homeostasis, altered macrophage differentiation. | [206] |
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Atg7Flox/Flox; Mx-Cre | Mast cells | Impairment of mast cell degranulation. | [207] |
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Vav-Cre × Atg7flox/flox Cebpa-cre × Atg7flox/flox Mx1-cre × Atg5flox/flox |
Neutrophils and Eosinophils | Impaired neutrophil differentiation. | [208] |
Atg7flox/flox;Lyz2-Cr | Eosinophilic inflammation. | [209] | |
Atg7flox/flox;LysM-cre | Reduced neutrophil degranulation, increased circulating neutrophil numbers, decreased inflammatory potential of neutrophils. | [210] | |
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Atg5flox/flox;CD11c-Cre | Dendritic cells | Reduced migration of DCs. | [211] |
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Atg7flox/flox;PF4-Cre | Megakaryocytes and Platelets | Impaired thrombosis, robust bleeding, and platelet aggregation. | [212] |
VPS34flox/flox;PF4-Cre | Impeded thrombus formation. | [213] | |
Atg5flox/flox;PF4-Cre | Delayed thrombus formation, pulmonary thrombosis, and significantly reduced platelet aggregation. | [214] |
mNKs: mature natural killers; BM: bone marrow; iNKT: invariant natural killer T: EMH: extramedullary hematopoiesis; CD: cluster of differentiation; DCs: dendritic cells.