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BMP4/Smad5 dependent stress erythropoiesis is required for the expansion of erythroid progenitors during fetal development.
Developmental biology - 1 May 2008
Porayette Prashanth, Paulson Robert F
Abstract excerpt
The rapid growth of the embryo places severe demands on the ability of the cardiovascular system to deliver oxygen to cells. To meet this need, erythroid progenitors rapidly expand in the fetal liver microenvironment such that by E14.5, erythropoiesis predominates in the fetal liver. In this report we show that the BMP4/Smad5 dependent stress erythropoiesis pathway plays a key role in the expansion of erythroid...
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