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Pulmonary pathologies in pallid mice result from nonhematopoietic defects.
Experimental and molecular pathology - 1 Jun 2002
McGarry Michael P, Borchers Michael, Novak Edward K, Lee Nancy A, Ohtake Patricia J, Lee James J, Swank Richard T
Abstract excerpt
Several single gene pigment mutants of inbred C57BL/6J mice display a triad of subcellular granule-associated defects: oculocutaneous pigment dilution, prolonged bleeding due to defects in platelet dense granules, and abnormal lysosomes. These features also characterize Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome (HPS), making these mice relevant animal models for HPS. Mice of one mutant strain, pallid, in addition to the hallmark...
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