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. 2023 Jun 12;13:1183318. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1183318

Table 5.

Hematological-related mouse phenotypes found in BMF/HM predisposition genes including strong candidate genes and other candidate genes.

TF
gene
symbol
MGI Mouse Phenotype (Hematological)
Phenotype
Known BMF/HM TFs Runx1 - abnormal hematopoiesis-related cell morphology/development/number, hematopoietic differentiation, and spleen/thymus size/morphology
- Thrombocytopenia
Cebpa - enlarged spleen
- abnormal definitive hematopoiesis, myelopoiesis, granulocyte, leukocyte common myeloid progenitor and bone marrow cell morphology and myeloid leukocyte
- increased erythroid progenitor, hematopoietic, neutrophil, granulocyte, monocyte cell number and decreased hematocrit
Gata2 - abnormal embryonic/definitive hematopoiesis, blood cell/megakaryocyte morphology/development and stress erythropoiesis/hematopoiesis
- decreased common myeloid/erythroid progenitor cell number
- anemia
Pax5 - abnormal lymphopoiesis, class switch recombination, B/T cell number/differentiation/physiology, immunoglobulin heavy chain V(D)J recombination and macrophage, monocyte and leukocyte cell number
- decreased immunoglobulin and IgA, IgD, IgG1, IgG2a, IgG2b, IgG3, IgG, IgM levels
Mecom/Evi1 - abnormal neutrophil differentiation, common myeloid progenitor cell morphology/number, bone marrow cell morphology/development, platelet, HSC and fetal liver HPC morphology and leukocyte, HSC, precursor and B-cell numbers
- thrombocytopenia
Stat3 - abnormal thymocyte, T cell apoptosis/proliferation, thymocyte, neutrophil, dendritic cell, T- granulocyte, macrophage, monocyte and leukocyte cell number, T cell, macrophage differentiation/physiology and IgE, IgG1 and IgG3 levels
Gata1 - abnormal embryonic erythropoiesis, definitive hematopoiesis and megakaryocyte differentiation, spleen, common myeloid progenitor cell, megakaryocyte, proerythroblast, erythrocyte, platelet, mononuclear, spleen, bone marrow cell and erythroid progenitor morphology, erythropoiesis, myelopoiesis, thrombopoiesis and extramedullary hematopoiesis, bone marrow, megakaryocyte, erythroid progenitor, eosinophil, erythrocyte, neutrophil, leukocyte, lymphocyte, osteoclast and splenocyte cell numbers, and hemocrit
- anemia, anisocytosis, poikilocytosis, polychromatophilia and thrombocytopenia
Etv6
(Tel)
- abnormal megakaryocyte, B cell differentiation, definitive hematopoiesis, erythropoiesis and lymphopoiesis, spleen, common myeloid progenitor, lymphocyte progenitor cell and myeloblast morphology, erythroid progenitor, erythrocyte, neutrophil cell, B cell, lymphocyte and HSC cell numbers and bone marrow cell physiology
- myeloid hyperplasia and thrombocytopenia
Fli1 - abnormal megakaryocyte, B cell differentiation, erythropoiesis, thrombopoiesis and hematopoiesis, thymocyte, B cell, megakaryocyte, erythroid progenitor, erythrocyte, granulocyte, NK and monocyte cell numbers, spleen and megakaryocyte, proerythroblast and leukocyte morphology
- decreased B cell proliferation, hematocrit and IgG1 and IgG3 levels
- anemia and thrombocytopenia
Ikzf1 - abnormal B cell apoptosis, granulocyte, macrophage and B/T cell differentiation, B/T cell proliferation, thymus and spleen, definitive hematopoiesis, erythropoiesis, lymphopoiesis and myelopoiesis, common myeloid progenitor cell morphology, B/T, bone marrow, erythroid progenitor, basophil, erythrocyte, granulocyte, dendritic, NK cell, macrophage and splenocyte cell numbers, erythroid progenitor cell, eosinophil, erythroblast and NK morphology, and natural killer cell mediated cytotoxicity.
- myeloid hyperplasia, extramedullary hematopoiesis and anemia
- decreased hematocrit, hemoglobin content and IgG3 and IgG levels
Ikzf3 - abnormal B/T cell proliferation and differentiation, spleen, neutrophil, B- cell, lymphocyte and leukocyte cell numbers and IgE, IgG1, IgG2a, IgG2b, IgG3 and IgM levels
- thrombocytopenia
Ikzf5 - Abnormal IgA and IgE levels
- Epistaxisl, Joint hemorrhages, Persistent bleeding after trauma, Bruising susceptibility, Petechiae, Anemia of inadequate production, Poikilocytosis, Acanthocytosis, Leukocytosis and Thrombocytopenia
- Increased megakaryocyte colony forming unit counts
Strong candidate BMF/HM TFs Gata3 - increased T cell apoptosis and decreased IgE levels
- abnormal thymus, thymocyte, T- and eosinophil cell numbers, definitive hematopoiesis, and T cell differentiation/morphology
Spi1
(Pu.1)
- abnormal granulocyte, neutrophil, macrophage, and B/T cell differentiation, thymus and spleen, blood cell, bone marrow common myeloid progenitor, T-cell, proerythroblast, granulocyte, microglial, monocyte and spleen morphology, definitive hematopoiesis, erythropoiesis, leukopoiesis and myelopoiesis, B/T-, bone marrow, erythrocyte, granulocyte, neutrophil, Lymphocyte, macrophage, HSC cell numbers and HSC physiology.
- increased hematopoietic stem cell proliferation, mean corpuscular volume and IgM level, and decreased thymocyte number and hematocrit
- absent common myeloid progenitor cells and anemia and extramedullary hematopoiesis
Erg - abnormal embryonic erythropoiesis, spleen morphology and leukocyte, HSC and B cell numbers (decreased)
- thrombocytopenia and pancytopenia
Other candidate BMF/HM TFs Etv2 - abnormal spleen, embryonic erythropoiesis, definitive hematopoiesis, myelopoiesis, bone marrow and myeloblast morphology/development, common myeloid progenitor, bone marrow, erythroid progenitor, leukocyte and HSC cell number and absent erythrocytes
- anemia
Elf1 - abnormal B cell differentiation and B cell physiology
Fev No Hematological phenotype reported
Ets1 - abnormal B cell, thymocyte, splenocyte apoptosis, B/T cell proliferation, thymus and spleen, lymphopoiesis, B cell differentiation, B/T-, plasma, NK, leukocyte cell numbers, leukocyte, NK cell physiology and T cell activation
- impaired natural killer cell mediated cytotoxicity
Ets2 No Hematological phenotype reported
Ikzf2 - abnormal regulatory T cell physiology
Ikzf4 - decreased T cell proliferation and increased immunoglobulin level
- abnormal spleen and B/T cell number
Gfi1b - abnormal megakaryocyte differentiation and erythropoiesis, blood, bone marrow cell morphology/development, erythroid progenitor, erythrocyte, neutrophil, lymphocyte, HSC, splenocyte cell numbers, megakaryocyte progenitor and embryonic erythrocyte cell morphology and hemoglobin content (decreased)
- anemia and thrombocytopenia
Tal1
(SCL)
- abnormal embryonic hematopoiesis and erythropoiesis, thymus and spleen, common myeloid progenitor, bone marrow, leukocyte, and HSC cell numbers and bone marrow, megakaryocyte, erythroid progenitor and proerythroblast cell morphology
- anemia, anisocytosis and thrombocytopenia
- decreased hematocrit and hemoglobin content, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration and mean corpuscular volume
Lyl1 - abnormal B/T cell number/differentiation and hematopoietic stem cell physiology
- thrombocytopenia
Lmo2 - abnormal embryonic hematopoiesis, thymus and spleen, common myeloid progenitor and megakaryocyte progenitor cell morphology, erythrocyte, granulocyte and monocyte cell number
- decreased hemoglobin content, increased mean corpuscular volume
- thrombocytopenia
Meis1 - decreased common myeloid progenitor, megakaryocyte, platelet cell number
- abnormal bone marrow and megakaryocyte progenitor cell morphology
- increased hematopoietic stem cell number
Tcf12 - thymus hypoplasia
- abnormal thymocyte B/T cell number and morphology
- arrested T cell differentiation
Gfi1 - abnormal granulocyte, monocyte, NK and T-cell differentiation, T cell proliferation, thymus, thymocyte, T/B-cell neutrophil, granulocyte, monocyte and HSC number, definitive hematopoiesis, lymphopoiesis and myelopoiesis, neutrophil and monocyte morphology and NK cell and T-helper physiology
Fos - increased macrophage apoptosis
- abnormal osteoclast differentiation, thymus and spleen, thymocyte, T/B-cell, granulocyte, splenocyte and osteoclast cell number, lymphopoiesis and macrophage physiology
Hoxa9 - abnormal common myeloid progenitor cell morphology, bone marrow and HSC cell number and spleen
Fosb No Hematological phenotype reported
Foxc2 No Hematological phenotype reported
Eklf (Klf1) - abnormal spleen, erythropoiesis, hematopoiesis and erythroblastosis, erythrocyte morphology and cell number
- decreased hematocrit, hemoglobin content, mean corpuscular hemoglobin
- anemia, anisocytosis, poikilocytosis and polychromatophilia
Nfkb1 - abnormal spleen, B/T cell proliferation, bone marrow cell morphology/development, erythrocyte, B/T-, NK, myeloid dendritic, osteoclast and leukocyte cell number, lymphocyte, B/T cell and macrophage physiology, IgA, IgE, IgG1, IgG3, IgG, IgM and immunoglobulin levels and CD4-positive, alpha-beta T cell physiology
- myeloid hyperplasia and decreased mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration

Mouse phenotypes collated through Mouse MGI (2527).

NA, not applicable.