Table 2.

Megakaryopoiesis in c-Mpl and Kit mutants




Mk, per 10 hpf

CFU-Mk
Genotype
Plt, × 109/L
BM
Spleen
BM, per 25 000 cells
Spleen, per 100 000 cells
c-Mpl+/+Kit+/+  1176 ± 121   45.6 ± 7.4   4.3 ± 3.3   12.6 ± 4.3   4.9 ± 2.6  
c-Mpl-/-  95 ± 52*  11.3 ± 8.4*  0.8 ± 0.7   3.8 ± 2.3*  4.4 ± 2.4  
KitWv/Wv  1211 ± 288   35.4 ± 14.2   2.6 ± 2.1   6.4 ± 3.4   0.9 ± 1.2* 
c-Mpl-/-KitWv/Wv
 
143 ± 52*
 
4.7 ± 2.6*
 
1.2 ± 1.3
 
2.2 ± 2.1*
 
0.4 ± 0.6*
 



Mk, per 10 hpf

CFU-Mk
Genotype
Plt, × 109/L
BM
Spleen
BM, per 25 000 cells
Spleen, per 100 000 cells
c-Mpl+/+Kit+/+  1176 ± 121   45.6 ± 7.4   4.3 ± 3.3   12.6 ± 4.3   4.9 ± 2.6  
c-Mpl-/-  95 ± 52*  11.3 ± 8.4*  0.8 ± 0.7   3.8 ± 2.3*  4.4 ± 2.4  
KitWv/Wv  1211 ± 288   35.4 ± 14.2   2.6 ± 2.1   6.4 ± 3.4   0.9 ± 1.2* 
c-Mpl-/-KitWv/Wv
 
143 ± 52*
 
4.7 ± 2.6*
 
1.2 ± 1.3
 
2.2 ± 2.1*
 
0.4 ± 0.6*
 

Plt indicates platelet count; hpf, high-powered fields; and BM, bone marrow. Values are means ± SD.

*

P < .001 versus wild type.

P < .001 versus c-Mpl-/-.

P < .001 versus KitWv/Wv.

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