megakaryocyte
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"From our expertise, we can ask the questions of how to target the hematopoietic stem cell and now the megakaryocyte progenitor, which has never really been highlighted before as a place to target," Poscablo said.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2024
Inflammation-induced emergency megakaryopoiesis driven by hematopoietic stem cell-like megakaryocyte progenitors.
From Nature • Jan. 23, 2018
Identification of unipotent megakaryocyte progenitors in human hematopoiesis.
From Nature • Jan. 23, 2018
A platelet is not a cell but rather a fragment of the cytoplasm of a cell called a megakaryocyte that is surrounded by a plasma membrane.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Following platelet release, megakaryocyte remnants, which are little more than a cell nucleus, are consumed by macrophages.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
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