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Mast cell hyperplasia, B-cell malignancy, and intestinal inflammation in mice with conditional expression of a constitutively active kit.
Blood - 10 Feb 2011
Gerbaulet Alexander, Wickenhauser Claudia, Scholten Julia, Peschke Katrin, Drube Sebastian, Horny Hans-Peter, Kamradt Thomas, Naumann Ronald, Müller Werner, Krieg Thomas, Waskow Claudia, Hartmann Karin, Roers Axel
Abstract excerpt
Signaling through the receptor tyrosine kinase kit controls proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic precursor cells and mast cells. Somatic point mutations of the receptor that constitutively activate kit signaling are associated with mastocytosis and various hematopoietic malignancies. We generated a Cre/loxP-based bacterial artificial chromosome transgenic mouse model that allows conditional...
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