hematopoietic system
• spleens of young (< 8 mo), pre-leukemic doubly transgenic mice are significantly enlarged
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• peripheral blood hemoglobin concentrations are similarly reduced in Tg(CTSG-PML/RARA)135Ley and in doubly transgenic mice with leukemia
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• platelet counts are similarly diminished in Tg(CTSG-PML/RARA)135Ley and in doubly transgenic mice with leukemia
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• peripheral blood WBC counts are similarly elevated in Tg(CTSG-PML/RARA)135Ley and in doubly transgenic mice with leukemia, with high proportions of early myeloid-lineage cells
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• young (< 8 mo), pre-leukemic doubly transgenic mice have elevated numbers of early myeloid cells in the red pulp of the spleen
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neoplasm
• 7 of 36 (19.4%) and 16 of 28 (57%) doubly transgenic mice of independent cohorts developed acute premyelocytic leukemia (APML) by 12 and 24 months of age, respectively
• the average latencies to onset of APML in two cohorts of doubly transgenic mice were 9.7 +/- 5.2 months and 12.7 +/- 3.3 months
• the proportions of early myeloid-lineage cells is similarly elevated in peripheral blood of Tg(CTSG-PML/RARA)135Ley and of doubly transgenic mice with leukemia
• an abnormal population of Gr-1+ CD34+ cells is present in bone marrow and blood of doubly transgenic mice, as of Tg(CTSG-PML/RARA)135Ley mice, with leukemia and accounts for a large proportion of leukemic spleen cells (55 +/- 13%; N=16; range 28-67%); histologic examination shows this population is enriched for immature myeloid cells
• culture of spleen cells from doubly transgenic mice with leukemia in the presence of all trans retinoic acid (ATRA) induces their differentiation to a similar extent as of splenocytes from leukemic Tg(CTSG-PML/RARA)135Ley mice
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immune system
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• Gr-1+ cells from Tg(CTSG-PML/RARA)135Ley and doubly transgenic mice with leukemia exhibit surface expression of MHC class I markers at levels similar to that of wild-type Gr-1+ spleen cells
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• spleens of young (< 8 mo), pre-leukemic doubly transgenic mice are significantly enlarged
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• peripheral blood WBC counts are similarly elevated in Tg(CTSG-PML/RARA)135Ley and in doubly transgenic mice with leukemia, with high proportions of early myeloid-lineage cells
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• young (< 8 mo), pre-leukemic doubly transgenic mice have elevated numbers of early myeloid cells in the red pulp of the spleen
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growth/size/body
• spleens of young (< 8 mo), pre-leukemic doubly transgenic mice are significantly enlarged
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