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Clonogenic mast cell progenitors and their excess numbers in chimeric BALB/c mice with inactivated GATA-1.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 20 Nov 2007
Metcalf Donald, Majewski Ian, Mifsud Sandra, Di Rago Ladina, Alexander Warren S
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In agar cultures of marrow cells from adult female BALB/c chimeric GATA-1(Plt13/+) mice, a high frequency of unusual dispersed colonies was noted. Analysis showed that these were colonies of mast cells and that mast cell colony-forming cells (progenitors) could be detected in clonal cultures of adult marrow, neonatal marrow, or fetal liver if the combined stimulus of stem cell factor and interleukin-3 was used....
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