hematopoietic system
• mice exhibit defective stress erythropoiesis compared with wild-type mice
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• phenylhydrazine-treated mice exhibit peripheral anemia compared with similarly treated wild-type mice
• however, mice recover from acute anemia
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• the number of stage IV enucleated erythroid progenitor cell is decreased greater than 2-fold compared with wild-type mice
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• at E12.5, stage III erythroid progenitor cell numbers are increased compared with wild-type mice
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