Platelets are versatile cells: New discoveries in hemostasis, thrombosis, immune responses, tumor metastasis and beyond

XR Xu, D Zhang, BE Oswald, N Carrim… - Critical reviews in …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Platelets are small anucleate blood cells generated from megakaryocytes in the bone
marrow and cleared in the reticuloendothelial system. At the site of vascular injury, platelet …

Endoreplication: polyploidy with purpose

HO Lee, JM Davidson, RJ Duronio - Genes & development, 2009 - genesdev.cshlp.org
A great many cell types are necessary for the myriad capabilities of complex, multicellular
organisms. One interesting aspect of this diversity of cell type is that many cells in diploid …

The lung is a site of platelet biogenesis and a reservoir for haematopoietic progenitors

E Lefrançais, G Ortiz-Muñoz, A Caudrillier, B Mallavia… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Platelets are critical for haemostasis, thrombosis, and inflammatory responses,, but the
events that lead to mature platelet production remain incompletely understood. The bone …

[HTML][HTML] The pseudokinase MLKL mediates necroptosis via a molecular switch mechanism

JM Murphy, PE Czabotar, JM Hildebrand, IS Lucet… - Immunity, 2013 - cell.com
Mixed lineage kinase domain-like (MLKL) is a component of the" necrosome," the
multiprotein complex that triggers tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-induced cell death by …

Eltrombopag added to standard immunosuppression for aplastic anemia

DM Townsley, P Scheinberg, T Winkler… - … England Journal of …, 2017 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Acquired aplastic anemia results from immune-mediated destruction of bone
marrow. Immunosuppressive therapies are effective, but reduced numbers of residual stem …

[BOOK][B] Wintrobe's clinical hematology

MM Wintrobe - 2008 - books.google.com
Now available in a thoroughly revised Twelfth Edition, Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology
continues to be an industry leader with its ability to correlate basic science with the clinical …

Thrombopoietin/MPL signaling regulates hematopoietic stem cell quiescence and interaction with the osteoblastic niche

H Yoshihara, F Arai, K Hosokawa, T Hagiwara… - Cell stem cell, 2007 - cell.com
Maintenance of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) depends on interaction with their niche.
Here we show that the long-term (LT)-HSCs expressing the thrombopoietin (THPO) receptor …

Eltrombopag and improved hematopoiesis in refractory aplastic anemia

MJ Olnes, P Scheinberg, KR Calvo… - … England Journal of …, 2012 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Severe aplastic anemia, which is characterized by immune-mediated bone
marrow hypoplasia and pancytopenia, can be treated effectively with immunosuppressive …

Upregulation of Flt3 expression within the bone marrow Lin− Sca1+ c-kit+ stem cell compartment is accompanied by loss of self-renewal capacity

J Adolfsson, OJ Borge, D Bryder, K Theilgaard-Mönch… - Immunity, 2001 - cell.com
Flt3 has emerged as a potential regulator of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC). Sixty percent of
cells in the mouse marrow Lin− Sca1+ c-kit+ HSC pool expressed flt3. Although single cell …

Leptin can induce proliferation, differentiation, and functional activation of hemopoietic cells

T Gainsford, TA Willson, D Metcalf… - Proceedings of the …, 1996 - National Acad Sciences
Many cytokines exert their biological effect through members of the hemopoietin receptor
family. Using degenerate oligonucleotides to the common WSXWS motif, we have cloned …