title: Chopped and diced: Dicer1 deletion generates myeloid dysplasia.
abstract: Gene targeting studies revealed that Dicer1 is required for murine embryogenesis.In this issue of Blood, Alemdehy and colleagues examine deletion of Dicer1 in myeloid progenitor cells using a conditional Cebpa-Cre allele. They show that deletion of Dicer1 is required for viability and that Dicer1 regulates steps of neutrophil maturation.
authors.affiliation: Ontario Cancer Institute.
authors.forename: Dwayne L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Barber