ReviewBiomolecules2024
Thrombopoietin, the Primary Regulator of Platelet Production: From Mythos to Logos, a Thirty-Year Journey.
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- Megakaryocytes in myelofibrosis: mechanisms of fibrotic niche remodeling and therapeutic implications.Biomarker research · 2026Review
- Isolation of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Directed Differentiation Into Megakaryocytes.Bio-protocol · 2026Article
- Targeting Thrombopoietin/MPL Signaling to Mitigate JAK2V617F-Driven Cardiac Microvascular Disease.Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology · 2026Article
- Optimized post-GWAS analysis identifies therapeutic targets for essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera.Communications medicine · 2026Article
- Targeting TPO/MPL Signaling to Mitigate JAK2V617F-driven Cardiac Microvascular Disease.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- [The application of thrombopoietin receptor agonists in the treatment of non-muscle myosin heavy chain 9-related disease].Zhonghua xue ye xue za zhi = Zhonghua xueyexue zazhi · 2026Review
- CD11cBiomedicines · 2026Article
- MPL receptor dimerization and the thrombopoietin pathway in primary immune thrombocytopenia: from molecular mechanisms to targeted therapies.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- The Role of Megakaryocyte Assessment in Bone Marrow Cytology.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Application of omics in the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of acute myeloid leukemia.Biomarker research · 2024Review
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Abstract
Thrombopoietin, the primary regulator of blood platelet production, was postulated to exist in 1958, but was only proven to exist when the cDNA for the hormone was cloned in 1994. Since its initial cloning and characterization, the hormone has revealed many surprises. For example, instead of acting as the postulated differentiation factor for platelet precursors, megakaryocytes, it is the most potent stimulator of megakaryocyte progenitor expansion known. Moreover, it also stimulates the survival, and in combination with stem cell factor leads to the expansion of hematopoietic stem cells. All of these growth-promoting activities have resulted in its clinical use in patients with thrombocytopenia and aplastic anemia, although the clinical development of the native molecule illustrated that "it's not wise to mess with mother nature", as a highly engineered version of the native hormone led to autoantibody formation and severe thrombocytopenia. Finally, another unexpected finding was the role of the thrombopoietin receptor in stem cell biology, including the development of myeloproliferative neoplasms, an important disorder of hematopoietic stem cells. Overall, the past 30 years of clinical and basic research has yielded many important insights, which are reviewed in this paper.
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