hematopoietic system
• defects in the stem cell compartment are identical to mice heterozygous for Pbx1tm1Mlc and
Pbx1tm3.1Mlc and carrying Tg(Tek-cre)1Ywa
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• reduction in the number of common lymphoid progenitor cells
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• assays indicate that long term hematopoietic stem cells are impaired in self renewal
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• significant reduction in the number of long term hematopoietic stem cells
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