Open AccessCirculating thrombopoietin levels in normal healthy blood donors and in aplastic anemia patients in relation to disease severity
Author(s) -
Abhay Singh,
Anupam Verma,
Soniya Nityanand,
Rajendra Chaudhary,
Priti Elhence
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/0973-6247.150956
Subject(s) - thrombopoietin , aplastic anemia , medicine , gastroenterology , anemia , platelet , haematopoiesis , bone marrow , immunology , stem cell , genetics , biology
Thrombopoietin (TPO) is the key hematopoietic growth factor regulating the production of platelets from bone marrow megakaryocytes and maintaining platelet hemostasis. This study was done to find any relationship between the levels of thrombopoietin and the severity of disease in patients with aplastic anemia.