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SUBMITTER: Zhang QS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3012535 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Qing-Shuo QS Marquez-Loza Laura L Eaton Laura L Duncan Andrew W AW Goldman Devorah C DC Anur Praveen P Watanabe-Smith Kevin K Rathbun R Keaney RK Fleming William H WH Bagby Grover C GC Grompe Markus M
Blood 20100908 24
Progressive bone marrow failure is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in human Fanconi Anemia patients. In an effort to develop a Fanconi Anemia murine model to study bone marrow failure, we found that Fancd2(-/-) mice have readily measurable hematopoietic defects. Fancd2 deficiency was associated with a significant decline in the size of the c-Kit(+)Sca-1(+)Lineage(-) (KSL) pool and reduced stem cell repopulation and spleen colony-forming capacity. Fancd2(-/-) KSL cells showed an abnormal ...[more]