Promegapoietin
Drug given during chemotherapy to increase blood cell regeneration
Promegapoietin is a drug given during chemotherapy to increase blood cell regeneration. It is a colony-stimulating factor that stimulates megakaryocyte production.[1][2]
It functions by stimulating ligands for interleukin 3 and c-Mpl.[3]
References
- ^ Kratz-Albers K, Scheding S, Möhle R, Bühring H, Baum C, Mc Kearn J, Büchner T, Kanz L, Brugger W (2000). "Effective ex vivo generation of megakaryocytic cells from mobilized peripheral blood CD34(+) cells with stem cell factor and promegapoietin". Exp Hematol. 28 (3): 335–46. doi:10.1016/S0301-472X(99)00152-6. PMID 10720698.
- ^ Definition of promegapoietin – NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
- ^ Doshi P, Giri J, Abegg A, Favara J, Huynh M, Kahn L, Minnerly J, Pegg L, Villani-Price D, Siegel N, Staten N, Thomas J, McKearn J, Smith W (2001). "Promegapoietin, a family of chimeric growth factors, supports megakaryocyte development through activation of IL-3 and c-Mpl ligand signaling pathways". Exp Hematol. 29 (10): 1177–84. doi:10.1016/S0301-472X(01)00694-4. PMID 11602319.
External links
- promegapoietin-1a at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- v
- t
- e
Cytokine receptor modulators
- See here instead.
| Erythropoietin |
|
|---|---|
| G-CSF (CSF3) |
|
| GM-CSF (CSF2) |
|
| M-CSF (CSF1) |
|
| SCF (c-Kit) |
|
| Thrombopoietin |
|
| IFNAR (α/β, I) |
|
|---|---|
| IFNGR (γ, II) |
|
| IFNLR (λ, III) |
|
- See here instead.
- See here instead.
- See here instead.
| JAK (inhibitors) |
| ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Others |
|
 | This drug article relating to the blood and blood forming organs is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
