Erythroblastic islands: Specialized microenvironmental niches for erythropoiesis

Current Opinion in Hematology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 137-141

  Chasis, Joel Anne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erythroblast macrophage protein; Erythroblastic islands; Erythropoiesis; GATA 1; Intercellular adhesion molecule 4; Macrophage; Retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein

Indexed keywords

CD51 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; ERYTHROCYTE MACROPHAGE PROTEIN; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION 2; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 4; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PU 1; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEMIA; APOPTOSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURFACE; EMBRYO MORTALITY; ERYTHROBLAST; ERYTHROBLASTIC ISLAND; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LETHALITY; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; ERYTHROBLASTS; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33646782974     PISSN: 10656251     EISSN: 15317048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.moh.0000219657.57915.30     Document Type: Review

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