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Targeted disruption of the mouse colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor gene results in osteopetrosis, mononuclear phagocyte deficiency, increased primitive progenitor cell frequencies, and reproductive defects.
Blood - 1 Jan 2002
Dai Xu-Ming, Ryan Gregory R, Hapel Andrew J, Dominguez Melissa G, Russell Robert G, Kapp Sara, Sylvestre Vonetta, Stanley E Richard
Abstract excerpt
The effects of colony-stimulating factor 1 (CSF-1), the primary regulator of mononuclear phagocyte production, are thought to be mediated by the CSF-1 receptor (CSF-1R), encoded by the c-fms proto-oncogene. To investigate the in vivo specificity of CSF-1 for the CSF-1R, the mouse Csf1r gene was inactivated. The phenotype of Csf1(-)/Csf1r(-) mice closely resembled the phenotype of CSF-1-nullizygous...
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