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Perturbation of fetal hematopoiesis in a mouse model of Down syndrome's transient myeloproliferative disorder.
Blood - 8 Aug 2013
Birger Yehudit, Goldberg Liat, Chlon Timothy M, Goldenson Benjamin, Muler Inna, Schiby Ginette, Jacob-Hirsch Jasmin, Rechavi Gideon, Crispino John D, Izraeli Shai
Abstract excerpt
Children with Down syndrome develop a unique congenital clonal megakaryocytic proliferation disorder (transient myeloproliferative disorder [TMD]). It is caused by an expansion of fetal megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitors (MEPs) triggered by trisomy of chromosome 21 and is further enhanced by the somatic acquisition of a mutation in GATA1. These mutations result in the expression of a short-isoform GATA1s lacking...
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