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Descriptor English: Thrombopoiesis
Descriptor Spanish: Trombopoyesis
Descriptor trombopoyesis
Entry term(s) megacariocitopoyesis
trombocitopoyesis
Scope note: Proceso de formación de trombocitos (PLAQUETAS SANGUÍNEAS) a partir de las CÉLULAS MADRE HEMATOPOYÉTICAS en la MÉDULA ÓSEA a través de los MEGACARIOCITOS. El factor humoral con actividad estimulante de la trombocitopoyesis es la TROMBOPOYETINA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Trombopoese
Descriptor French: Thrombopoïèse
Entry term(s): Megakaryocytopoieses
Megakaryocytopoiesis
Thrombocytopoieses
Thrombocytopoiesis
Thrombopoieses
Tree number(s): G04.152.825.798
G09.188.343.798
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D034061
Scope note: The process of generating thrombocytes (BLOOD PLATELETS) from the pluripotent HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS in the BONE MARROW via the MEGAKARYOCYTES. The humoral factor with thrombopoiesis-stimulating activity is designated THROMBOPOIETIN.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Blood Platelets (1965-2002)
Hematopoiesis (1965-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
DeCS ID: 37638
Unique ID: D034061
NLM Classification: WH 140
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2016/06/17
Thrombopoiesis - Preferred
Concept UI M0404604
Scope note The process of generating thrombocytes (BLOOD PLATELETS) from the pluripotent HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS in the BONE MARROW via the MEGAKARYOCYTES. The humoral factor with thrombopoiesis-stimulating activity is designated THROMBOPOIETIN.
Preferred term Thrombopoiesis
Entry term(s) Thrombocytopoieses
Thrombocytopoiesis
Thrombopoieses
Megakaryocytopoiesis - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0404603
Scope note A complex process that involves the proliferation of MEGAKARYOCYTES in BONE MARROW, their differentiation in size and ploidy, and maturation before the release of functional BLOOD PLATELETS.
Preferred term Megakaryocytopoiesis
Entry term(s) Megakaryocytopoieses



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