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Production of thrombopoietin by human carcinomas and its novel isoforms.
Blood - 15 Sept 1999
Sasaki Y, Takahashi T, Miyazaki H, Matsumoto A, Kato T, Nakamura K, Iho S, Okuno Y, Nakao K
Abstract excerpt
Thrombocytosis is occasionally seen in patients with carcinomas and has been assumed to be attributable to interleukin-6 or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor produced by carcinoma cells. In this study, we clarified whether thrombopoietin (TPO) is involved in carcinoma-associated thrombocytosis. Expression of TPO mRNA was observed in the majority of 27 carcinoma cell lines as determined by reverse...
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