title: The effect of dominant hemimelia (Dh) genes on the number of mast cells in lymph nodes.
abstract: The total number of mast cells present in popliteal lymph nodes of hereditarily asplenic Dh/+ mice is lower than in their normal +/+ littermates. The lymph nodes are larger in Dh/+ mice than in normal +/+ littermates. It is postulated that the spleen in some way regulates the number of mast cells in the lymphoid cell population.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006579:Heterozygote; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D051379:Mice; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities*