Mice deficient in the ALS2 gene exhibit lymphopenia and abnormal hematopietic function

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 182, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 226-231

  Erie, Elizabeth A ^a   Shim, Hoon ^b   Smith, Aleah L ^a   Lin, Xian ^b   Keyvanfar, Keyvan ^a   Xie, Chengsong ^b   Chen, Jichun ^a   Cai, Huaibin ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

ALS2; ALS2 knockout mice; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Cytokine stimulated proliferation; Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells; Lymphopenia

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR;

ALS2 GENE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENOTYPE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOBLAST; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL AGING; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOPENIA; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33845908991     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2006.10.019     Document Type: Article

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