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Neonatal bleeding in transgenic mice expressing urokinase-type plasminogen activator.
Cell - 10 Aug 1990
Heckel J L, Sandgren E P, Degen J L, Palmiter R D, Brinster R L
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Spontaneous intestinal and intra-abdominal bleeding was observed in a high percentage of newborn transgenic mice carrying the murine urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) gene linked to the albumin enhancer/promoter. These hemorrhagic events were directly related to transgene expression in the liver and the development of high plasma uPA levels. Two lines were established from surviving founder mice that...
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