Advances in understanding erythropoiesis: Evolving perspectives

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 206-218

  Nandakumar, Satish K ^a,b   Ulirsch, Jacob C ^a,b   Sankaran, Vijay G ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Erythropoiesis; Haematopoiesis; Haemopoietic progenitors; Red cell disorders; Red cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA4 INTEGRIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD38 ANTIGEN; CD45RA ANTIGEN; CD71 ANTIGEN; ENDOGLIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GLYCOPHORIN A; HEMOGLOBIN; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BURST FORMING UNIT E; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT E; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MEGAKARYOCYTE; MOUSE MODEL; MYELOID PROGENITOR CELL; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; XENOGRAFT; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HEMOGLOBINS; HETEROGRAFTS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84957627159     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13938     Document Type: Review

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