Table 2.

Critical members of the transcription factor network controlling B cell development

Gene	Ref.	Roles
Ikaros (Ikzf1)	[64]	Required for earliest B cell progenitors
	[66,67]	Required for efficient pro-B to pre-B transition
	[67]	Required for repression of non-B cell fates
	[65,67]	Promotes Igh rearrangment and Rag expression
E2A (Tcfe2a)	[51]	Required for earliest B cell progenitors
	[86]	Required for EBF1 expression
EBF1 (Ebf1)	[87]	Required for expression of B lineage genes development past pro-B stage
Pax5 (Pax5)	[56]	Required for differentiation past pro-B stage
	[57,58]	Required for commitment to B cell lineage (e.g. repression of alternative fates)

EBF1: Early B cell factor 1.