title: Population sizes of granulocyte-macrophage and monocyte-macrophage colony-forming cells in Sl/Sld.
abstract: The sizes of granulocyte-macrophage (CFU-c) and monocyte-macrophage (CFC) progenitor cell populations were measured and compared in Sl/Sld and +/+ mice. In the marrow, the CFU-c and CFC population sizes were 40% and 67%, respectively, of the +/+ marrow CFU-c and CFC population sizes. There was no difference in the size of these two-cell populations in the spleens or thymi of Sl/Sld mice as compared with +/+ mice. Furthermore, the marrow CFC population was found to be heterogeneous by velocity sedimentation. One of the marrow CFC subpopulations is characterized by a velocity sedimentation value of 5.05 mm/h while the other has a value of 6.30 mm/h.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002452:Cell Count; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009000:Monocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D009154:Mutation; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology*