title: Basophils take a slice of IRF8 pie.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Sasaki and colleagues demonstrate a strict requirement for the transcription factor interferon regulator factor 8 (IRF8) in the development of mouse basophils.
authors.affiliation: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
authors.forename: Deepta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001491:Basophils / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology*; D050989:GATA2 Transcription Factor / Q000276:immunology*; D050835:Interferon Regulatory Factors / Q000276:immunology*; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology*; D000099185:Interferon Regulatory Factor-8
chemical_list: D050989:GATA2 Transcription Factor; D050835:Interferon Regulatory Factors; D000099185:Interferon Regulatory Factor-8; C494712:Gata2 protein, mouse