CSF3 and severe congenital neutropenia: In congenital neutropenia, a disorder in which patients display accumulation of granulocytic progenitors and no mature neutrophils in bone marrow, it has been shown that granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is effective as it up-regulates NAMPT, which in turn triggers NAD/SIRT1 dependent granulopoiesis via CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein α/β (C/EBPα/β) up-regulation (129).