Blood Lines
by Donald Metcalf
Contents
| Preface | xiii |
| Introduction | 1 |
| The Novel Mouse: Opening Remarks and Initial Investigations | 5 |
| Hematopoietic Subpopulations, Their Detection and Regulation | 39 |
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Detection of hematopoietic precursor cells
Assays for maturing stem cells Assays for lineage-committed progenitor cells Regulation of hematopoietic precursors Functional activation Conclusions |
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| Analysis of Hematopoietic Tissues Using Semi-solid Cultures | 57 |
| Analyzing Semi-solid Cultures | 83 |
| Assessing Proliferative and Self-renewal Capacity and Data Presentation | 107 |
| The Importance and Design of Long-term Survival Studies | 123 |
| Histological Examination | 131 |
| Transplantation Tests | 151 |
| Diseases Involving Hematopoietic Tissues | 167 |
| Additional Analyses | 211 |
| Applying Closure | 217 |
| References | 227 |
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