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Knockout-Transgenic Mouse Model of Sickle Cell Disease
31 Oct 1997
Abstract excerpt
When transgenic mice that expressed human sickle hemoglobin were mated with mice having knockout mutations of the mouse alpha- and beta-globin genes, animals were produced that synthesized only human hemoglobin in adult red blood cells. Similar to many human patients with sickle cell disease, the mice developed a severe hemolytic anemia and extensive organ pathology. Numerous sickled erythrocytes were observed in...
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