Platelet-activating factor and normal or leukaemic haematopoiesis

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 775-782

  Denizot, Yves ^a   Guglielmi, Laurence ^a   Donnard, Magali ^b   Trimoreau, Franck ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

B cells; Blast cells; Haematopoiesis; Leukaemic diseases; PAF receptor; Platelet activating factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR RECEPTOR;

B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CELL MATURATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKOCYTE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; STROMA CELL;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR; PLATELET MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0037403222     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042819031000067549     Document Type: Review

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