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SUBMITTER: Chen ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2774546 | biostudies-other | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Chen Michael L ML Logan T Daniel TD Hochberg Maryann L ML Shelat Suresh G SG Yu Xiang X Wilding Gregory E GE Tan Wei W Kujoth Gregory C GC Prolla Tomas A TA Selak Mary A MA Kundu Mondira M Carroll Martin M Thompson James E JE
Blood 20090904 19
Recent reports describe hematopoietic abnormalities in mice with targeted instability of the mitochondrial genome. However, these abnormalities have not been fully described. We demonstrate that mutant animals develop an age-dependent, macrocytic anemia with abnormal erythroid maturation and megaloblastic changes, as well as profound defects in lymphopoiesis. Mice die of severe fatal anemia at 15 months of age. Bone-marrow transplantation studies demonstrate that these abnormalities are intrinsi ...[more]