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Transduction-Transplantation Mouse Model of Myeloproliferative Neoplasm
Published on: December 22, 2016
The thrombopoietin/MPL pathway in hematopoiesis and leukemogenesis
Fu-Sheng Chou1, James C Mulloy
1Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA.
Abstract:
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) comprise a small percentage of total hematopoietic cells. Their ability to self-renewal is key to the continuous replenishment of the hematopoietic system with newly formed functional blood cell types while maintaining their multipotential capacity. Understanding the extrinsic signals that are essential to HSC maintenance will provide insights into the regulation of hematopoiesis at its most primitive stage, and with the knowledge applied, will potentially lead to improved clinical transplantation outcomes. In this review, we will summarize the current understanding of the role of the thrombopoietin/MPL signaling pathway in HSC maintenance during adult and fetal hematopoiesis. We will also speculate on the downstream key players in the pathway based on published data, and summarize the role of this pathway in leukemia.
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