hematopoietic system
• overall increase in hematopoietic activity
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• significant increase in colony forming unit granulocyte-erythroid-monocyte-megakaryocyte (CFU-GEMM) in the bone marrow
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• markedly increased myeloid cell number in peripheral blood
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• significant increase in colony forming unit granulocyte macrophage (CFU-GM) cell number in the bone marrow
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• significant increase in colony forming unit erythroid (CFU-E) number in the bone marrow
• however, burst-forming unit-erythroid (BFU-E) number is normal
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• increased number of small-sized RBCs, as shown by significantly reduced mean corpuscular volume and mean corpuscular hemoglobin
• however, hematocrit and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration remain normal
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• 6.86% increase in RBC count in peripheral blood
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• significant decrease in mean corpuscular hemoglobin
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• significant decrease in mean corpuscular volume
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• higher RBC distribution width (RDW) in peripheral blood, indicating RBC size variation
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• 56.3% increase in peripheral blood total WBC counts in young adults relative to age- and sex-matched wild type controls
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• marked increase in eosinophil number
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• 2.8-fold increase in neutrophil number
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• significant expansion of Lin-Sca-1+c-Kit+ (LSK) cells in the bone marrow
• CD150-CD48+ cells are increased in gated LSK cells, suggesting that lineage-restricted hematopoietic progenitor cells are expanded preferentially
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• increased expression of Cd11b and F4/80, myeloid and macrophage/ monocyte markers respectively, in peripheral blood mononuclear cells
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• 44.1% increase in lymphocyte number
• however, the % of lymphocytes in total WBC is reduced by 11.1%, reflecting steeper increase of myeloid cells
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• marked increase in monocyte number
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immune system
• markedly increased myeloid cell number in peripheral blood
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• 56.3% increase in peripheral blood total WBC counts in young adults relative to age- and sex-matched wild type controls
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• marked increase in eosinophil number
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• 2.8-fold increase in neutrophil number
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• increased expression of Cd11b and F4/80, myeloid and macrophage/ monocyte markers respectively, in peripheral blood mononuclear cells
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• 44.1% increase in lymphocyte number
• however, the % of lymphocytes in total WBC is reduced by 11.1%, reflecting steeper increase of myeloid cells
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• marked increase in monocyte number
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• markedly increased lymphoid cell number in peripheral blood
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