title: Ether lipid deficiency does not cause neutropenia or leukopenia in mice and men.
abstract: In this Letter, Dorninger et al. show that the deficiency in ether lipid biosynthesis alone is not sufficient to induce neutropenia or leukopenia, as has been suggested by a previous report using an inducible knockout mouse model of ether lipid deficiency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Fabian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dorninger
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wiesinger
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Genetics and Pediatrics, McGill University-Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC H3Z 2Z3, Canada.
authors.forename: Nancy E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Braverman
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Forss-Petter
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: johannes.berger@meduniwien.ac.at.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D010743:Phospholipids; D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases