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Abnormalities in the myeloid progenitor compartment in Down syndrome fetal liver precede acquisition of GATA1 mutations.
Blood - 1 Dec 2008
Tunstall-Pedoe Oliver, Roy Anindita, Karadimitris Anastasios, de la Fuente Josu, Fisk Nicholas M, Bennett Phillip, Norton Alice, Vyas Paresh, Roberts Irene
Abstract excerpt
Down syndrome (DS) children have a high frequency of acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL) in early childhood. At least 2 in utero genetic events are required, although not sufficient, for DS-AMKL: trisomy 21 (T21) and N-terminal-truncating GATA1 mutations. To investigate the role of T21 in DS-AMKL, we compared second trimester hemopoiesis in DS without GATA1 mutations to gestation-matched normal controls. In...
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