mortality/aging
• most mice die between E13 and E15
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hematopoietic system
N |
• despite a reduction in erythroid progenitors, mice exhibit normal numbers of granulocyte-macrophage and pluripotent hematopoietic stem cells
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• mice exhibit fewer nucleated cells in the fetal livers and a decrease in the number or erythropoietic foci compared to in wild-type mice
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• at E13.5, the number of Ter-119+ erythroid precursors in the fetal liver is decreased compared to in wild-type mice due to apoptosis
• at E13.5, fetal liver cells produce 40% fewer erythroid colony-forming unit compared to wild-type cells
• however, the number of erythroid burst-forming unit are normal and supplementing medium with erythropoietin prevents the apoptosis of erythrocyte progenitor cells
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• at E15.5, mice exhibit 75% fewer erythrocytes compared to in wild-type or heterozygous mice
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growth/size/body
• at E15.5
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liver/biliary system
small liver
(
J:141453
)
• fetal liver size is smaller than normal
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integument