Hematopoietic progenitor cell activity is not reduced in PDGF-B null or PDGFRβ null fetal livers
Fetal liver cells from individual embryos (littermates) were suspended, and equivalent numbers of fetal liver cells were plated in methyl cellulose for determination of BFU-E, CFU-GM, and CFU-Meg. Colonies were scored from triplicate plates and are expressed ±SD. There is a modest reduction in BFU-E in PDGFRβ−/− fetal livers compared with PDGFRβ+/+ (*P= .04).