| Literature DB >> 19959099 |
Kenneth Kaushansky1, Helen M Ranney.
Abstract
It has been known for sometime that thrombopoietin acts on megakaryocytic progenitor cells to stimulate platelet production. It has recently been discovered that it also stimulates the self-renewal and expansion of normal murine and human haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) by acting on its cognate receptor, the product of the myeloproliferative leukaemia (c-MPL) proto-oncogene. The c-MPL receptor may also play an important role in the development of human myeloproliferative disorders, essential thrombocythemia, myelofibrosis and polycythemia vera, cooperating with the dysregulated Janus kinase JAK2V(617)F.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19959099 PMCID: PMC2789277 DOI: 10.1016/j.beha.2009.08.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Best Pract Res Clin Haematol ISSN: 1521-6926 Impact factor: 3.020