G6b-B regulates an essential step in megakaryocyte maturation

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G6b-B is a megakaryocyte lineage-specific immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motif-containing receptor, essential for platelet homeostasis. Mice with a genomic deletion of the entire Mpig6b locus develop severe macrothrombocytopenia and myelofibrosis, which is reflected in humans with null mutations in MPIG6B. The current model proposes that megakaryocytes lacking G6b-B develop normally, whereas proplatelet...

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