Thicker than blood: conserved mechanisms in Drosophila and vertebrate hematopoiesis.
Blood development in Drosophila melanogaster shares several interesting features with hematopoiesis in vertebrates, including spatiotemporal regulation as well as the use of similar transcriptional regulators and signaling pathways. In this review, we describe what is known about hematopoietic development in Drosophila and the various cell types generated and their functions. Additionally, the molecular genetic mechanisms of hematopoietic cell fate determination and commitment within Drosophila blood cell lineages are discussed and compared to vertebrate mechanisms.
Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Cory J
CJ
Evans
Volker
V
Hartenstein
Utpal
U
Banerjee
D000818:Animals; D019070:Cell Lineage; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000502:physiology*; D006434:Hemocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors