Increased erythropoiesis of β-thalassaemia/Hb E proerythroblasts is mediated by high basal levels of ERK1/2 activation

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 557-568

  Wannatung, Tirawat ^a   Lithanatudom, Pathrapol ^a   Leecharoenkiat, Amporn ^a   Svasti, Saovaros ^a   Fucharoen, Suthat ^a   Smith, Duncan R ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

thalassaemia Hb E; Ca2+; cAMP; Erythropoiesis; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CD34 ANTIBODY; CYCLIC AMP; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN E; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC AMP BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROBLAST; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ERYTHROBLASTS; ERYTHROPOIESIS; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 68949201206     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07794.x     Document Type: Article

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