Definition of "megakaryocytopoiesis" []

• The cellular development process that leads to platelet production. (noun)

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• "SHIP may play an important role in regulation of essential signaling pathways that control early megakaryocytopoiesis"
• "We hypothesize that SHIP might control megakaryocytopoiesis through effects on proliferation of megakaryocyte progenitors (MKP) and megakaryocytes (MK)."
• "SHIP deficient mice have been shown to have increased levels of IL-6 [5] and TPO (Kerr et al, unpublished results) that could contribute to enhance megakaryocytopoiesis in these mice."