hematopoietic system
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• hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) of mice treated with tamoxifen do not exhibit a selective advantage over cells not expressing the modified cDNA
• the total number of HSPCs is normal in irradiated mice
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• following irradiation, the proportion of GFP+ cells in the hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell compartment and myeloid and lymphoid lineages of tamoxifen-treated mice is increased compared to un-irradiated mice
• GFP+ cell accumulation occurs whether mice are treated with tamoxifen 2 or 7 days after irradiation
• however, no competitive advantage is observed when mice are treated with tamoxifen and 5-fluorouracil without DNA damage or over similarly treated Cdkn2atm2.1Rdp cells in irradiated chimera experiments
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