mortality/aging
N |
• mice survive to adulthood
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hematopoietic system
N |
• embryos and neonates exhibit no hematopoietic defects
• mice exhibit normal thymus size and double negative T cell populations
• the CD41+ compartments in the spleen and thymus are normal
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• due to myeloid expansion or infiltration
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• hematopoietic progenitors from adult bone marrow exhibit increased proliferation ex vivo but decreased colony forming ability compared with wild-type cells
• however, cells remain sensitive to TGF-beta suppression of growth and common myeloid progenitors (CMP) populations are normal
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• expansion of splenic myeloid compartment
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• many smaller megakaryocytes with less nuclear hematoxylin staining
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• delayed megakaryocyte maturation suggested by decrease in 8N and 16N cells
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• bone marrow contains increased early erythroid progenitor populations but fewer mature red cell progenitors and reduced mature EryC progenitor cells compared to in wild-type mice
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• delayed red blood cell maturation
• however, ProE cell populations are normal
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• increased hemoglobin concentration
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• in the bone marrow
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• mature granulocytes in the spleen but not the thymus
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• slightly in the bone marrow
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• in the spleen and thymus
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• monocyte/macrophages in the spleen but not the thymus
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• monocyte/macrophages in the spleen but not the thymus
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• decreased delineation of follicles and lower cell density
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immune system
• due to myeloid expansion or infiltration
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• expansion of splenic myeloid compartment
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• in the bone marrow
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• mature granulocytes in the spleen but not the thymus
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• slightly in the bone marrow
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• in the spleen and thymus
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• monocyte/macrophages in the spleen but not the thymus
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• monocyte/macrophages in the spleen but not the thymus
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• decreased delineation of follicles and lower cell density
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cellular
• delayed megakaryocyte maturation suggested by decrease in 8N and 16N cells
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growth/size/body
• due to myeloid expansion or infiltration
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