Mice deficient for PDGF B show renal, cardiovascular, and hematological abnormalities

Genes and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 16, 1994, Pages 1875-1887

  Levéen, Per ^a   Pekny, Milos ^a   Gebre Medhin, Samuel ^a   Swolin, Birgitta ^b   Larsson, Erik ^c   Betsholtz, Christer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

anemia; cardiac dilation; erythroblastosis; gene knockout; glomerulus development; mesangial cells; PDGF; thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEMATOPOIESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MESANGIUM CELL; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANIMALIA; GLOMERULUS;

EID: 0027936261     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.8.16.1875     Document Type: Article

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