Experimental Hematology
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 17-27 , January 2008

Hypoxia alters progression of the erythroid program

  • Heather M. Rogers

      Affiliations

    • Molecular Medicine Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., USA
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  • Xiaobing Yu

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md., USA
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  • Jie Wen

      Affiliations

    • Oral Immunity and Infection Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., USA
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  • Reginald Smith

      Affiliations

    • Molecular Medicine Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., USA
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  • Eitan Fibach

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hematology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Constance Tom Noguchi

      Affiliations

    • Molecular Medicine Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationOffprint requests to: Constance Tom Noguchi, M.D., Molecular Medicine Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, MSC 1822, Building 10, Room 9N307, Bethesda, MD 20892-1822

Received 20 February 2007 ,Revised 24 July 2007 ,Accepted 8 August 2007.

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PII: S0301-472X(07)00522-X

doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2007.08.014

Experimental Hematology
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 17-27 , January 2008