hematopoietic system
• splenomegaly in mutants is associated with the extramedullary hematopoiesis
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• in mutants spleen weight is 172 mg vs 106 mg in wild-type females
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• spleen cell cultures show elevated numbers of granulocyte and macrophage progenitor cells
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• mutant megakaryocytes in female heterozygotes make up 80-90% of total majority of megakaryocytes do not express either N- (labels wild-type) or C-terminal epitopes of Gata1
• colony numbers are elevated in spleen and feral liver, but colony size is unaffected
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• megakaryocyte progenitor cell levels are elevated in the spleen and feral liver
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• majority of megakaryocytes display abnormal morphology with hyperchromatic nuclei surrounded by sparse areas of cytoplasm
• megakaryocytes contain large clumps of membrane or lack demarcation membrane system entirely
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• spleen and bone marrow show increased numbers of megakaryocytes with small numbers of single megarkaryocytes in liver and lungs of adults
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• megakaryocyte progenitor cell levels are elevated in the spleen and fetal liver
• in bone marrow there is a reduction in megakaryocyte progenitors compared to wild-type
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• female adult heterozygotes show a 60% reduction in circulating platelet number compared to wild-type
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immune system
• splenomegaly in mutants is associated with the extramedullary hematopoiesis
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• in mutants spleen weight is 172 mg vs 106 mg in wild-type females
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• spleen cell cultures show elevated numbers of granulocyte and macrophage progenitor cells
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• mutant megakaryocytes in female heterozygotes make up 80-90% of total majority of megakaryocytes do not express either N- (labels wild-type) or C-terminal epitopes of Gata1
• colony numbers are elevated in spleen and feral liver, but colony size is unaffected
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cellular
polyploidy
(
J:113720
)
• bone marrow megakaryocytes show DNA ploidy of 32N compared to 16N in wild-type, with abundant megakaryocytes having DNA content of 64N or 128N
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growth/size/body
• splenomegaly in mutants is associated with the extramedullary hematopoiesis
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• in mutants spleen weight is 172 mg vs 106 mg in wild-type females
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