Figure 1.

Expression of SOCS-1, SOCS-3 and CIS mRNA in normal erythroid progenitors, (a) Cytocentrifuge preparations of splenic erythroid cells isolated from phenylhydrazine-treated mice stimulated in vitro for 0, 24 or 48 h with Epo (5 U/ml). (b) mRNA was isolated from splenocytes and subjected to RT-PCR analysis for 25, 30 or 35 cycles using primers specific for SOCS-1, SOCS-3, CIS and β-actin. (c) PCR products for SOCS-1, SOCS-3 and CIS were quantitated using NIH Image 1.6 and plotted relative to β-actin levels