AK2‐Deficient Mice Recapitulate Impaired Lymphopoiesis of Reticular Dysgenesis Patients, but Also Lack Erythropoiesis. [[{“value”:”Rebekka Waldmann, Franziska Werner, Alpaslan Tasdogan, Felix Immanuel Maier, Ursula Kohlhofer, Irene Gonzalez‐Menendez, Leticia Quintanilla de Fend, Amrit Kaur Puarr, Ruth Maree Arkell, Anselm Enders, Manfred Hoenig, Hubert Schrezenmeier, Hans Joerg Fehling, Klaus Schwarz, Ulrich Pannicke”}]]
Ak2 deficiency leads to impaired development of T and B cells in mice, corresponding to impaired lymphopoiesis of reticular dysgenesis (AK2 deficiency) in humans. In contrast to the human pathophysiology, Ak2 deficiency is lethal in mice due to severe anaemia, and murine myelopoiesis is less affected. ABSTRACT Reticular dysgenesis (RD) is a rare genetic disorder … Read more