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The Gamma-Globin Repressors Klf1, Bcl11a, And Mbd2: Knowledge Gaps In The Literature, Lauren Nufer

Theses and Dissertations

β-hemoglobinopathies affect millions of people around the world. Research into treatments for these conditions has focused on methods to increase γ-globin expression, because increased levels of γ-globin ameliorate or reduce the severity of symptoms. As more and more studies have been done, a few proteins have emerged as having crucial roles in γ-globin repression and have been established as key genes to study. These are Krüppel-like factor 1 (KLF1), B cell CLL/lymphoma 11A (BCL11A), and methyl binding domain 2 (MBD2). The roles of these proteins in the switch from fetal to adult hemoglobin and in repressing γ-globin expression have been …