hematopoietic system
• at E12.5, fetal livers exhibit an expansion of multipotent myeloid progenitors compared with wild-type livers
• however, the number of hematopoietic progenitor cells is normal
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• in the liver at 18 to 24 months
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• at E12.5, the number of LSK hematopoietic cells is increased compared to in wild-type mice with an increase in both CFU-GEMM and CFU-Mk
• at 18 to 24 months, the number of progenitors in splenocytes is increased compared to in wild-type mice and increased replating activity
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neoplasm
• 2 of 15 mice develop frank leukemia and exhibit infiltration of the bone marrow, spleen, liver, and kidney with an admixture of immature megakaryocytic and erythroid elements as well as megakaryoblasts circulating in the peripheral blood
• leukemia is transplantable
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