Thrombopoietin and its receptor: Structure, function and role in the regulation of platelet production

Bailliere's Clinical Haematology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 409-426

  Von dem Borne, A E G Kr ^a   Folman, C ^a   Linthorst, G E ^a   Porcelijn, L ^a   Van den Oudenrijn, S ^a   Van der Schoot, E ^a   De Haas, M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Haematopoiesis, megakaryocytopoiesis, platelet homeostasis, signal transduction; Thrombopoietin; Thrombopoietin receptor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; THROMBOPOIETIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MEGAKARYOPOIESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUTROPHIL; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPOIESIS;

EID: 0032419809     PISSN: 09503536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0950-3536(98)80058-9     Document Type: Review

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