Endomitosis of Human Megakaryocytes Are Due to Abortive Mitosis

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During megakaryocyte differentiation, the promegakaryoblast (immature megakaryocyte) increases its ploidy to a 2(x) DNA content by a poorly understood process called endomitosis. This leads to the formation of a giant cell, the megakaryocyte (MK), which subsequently gives rise to platelets. In this report, we show that endomitosis of human MKs is due to abortive mitosis. Human MKs were obtained by a two-step...

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