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A pathobiologic pathway linking thrombopoietin, GATA-1, and TGF-beta1 in the development of myelofibrosis.
Blood - 1 May 2005
Vannucchi Alessandro M, Bianchi Lucia, Paoletti Francesco, Pancrazzi Alessandro, Torre Eugenio, Nishikawa Mitsuo, Zingariello Maria, Di Baldassarre Angela, Rana Rosa Alba, Lorenzini Rodolfo, Alfani Elena, Migliaccio Giovanni, Migliaccio Anna Rita
Abstract excerpt
Idiopathic myelofibrosis (IM) is a disease characterized by marrow fibrosis, abnormal stem/progenitor cell trafficking, and extramedullary hematopoiesis frequently associated with alterations in megakaryocytes (Mks). Mice harboring genetic alterations in either the extrinsic (ectopic thrombopoietin expression, TPO(high) mice) or intrinsic (hypomorphic GATA-1 mutation, GATA-1(low) mice) control of Mk...
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