Thrombopoietin in normal and neoplastic stem cell development

Kenneth Kaushansky, Helen M. Ranney*

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Abstract

It has been known for sometime that thrombopoietin acts on megakaryocytic progenitor cells to stimulate platelet production. It has recently been discovered that it also stimulates the self-renewal and expansion of normal murine and human haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) by acting on its cognate receptor, the product of the myeloproliferative leukaemia (c-MPL) proto-oncogene. The c-MPL receptor may also play an important role in the development of human myeloproliferative disorders, essential thrombocythemia, myelofibrosis and polycythemia vera, cooperating with the dysregulated Janus kinase JAK2V617F.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)495-499
Number of pages5
JournalBest Practice and Research: Clinical Haematology
Volume22
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • c-MPL
  • HOX
  • JAK2
  • myeloproliferative disorders
  • stem cell
  • thrombopoietin

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