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Decreased IRF8 expression found in aging hematopoietic progenitor/stem cells

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This research was supported by the following NIH Grants: AG06781, CA92405, CA114563, CA114563, CA018029, HL66947, CA018029 and DK56465. DLS oversaw the design, analyses and writing of the paper. YEC, ELP and MRC performed most of the experiments. NES, FRA, JPR and SH helped with the design, analyses and interpretation of the studies as well as actively contributed to the writing of the paper. MY, EBL and BLW helped obtain the samples for the studies and actively contributed to the writing of the paper.

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Stirewalt, D., Choi, Y., Sharpless, N. et al. Decreased IRF8 expression found in aging hematopoietic progenitor/stem cells. Leukemia 23, 391–393 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2008.176

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