megakaryocyte growth and development factor

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• polyethylene glycosylated recombinant human megakaryocyte growth and development factor — PEG rhMGDF. A form of megakaryocyte growth and development factor (MGDF) that is made in the laboratory. MGDF comes from the protein thrombopoietin, which is normally made in the body to help make platelets. Polyethylene glycosylated recombinant… …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• factor — 1. One of the contributing causes in any action. 2. One of the components that by multiplication makes up a number or expression. 3. SYN: gene. 4. A vitamin or other essential element. 5. An event, characteristic, or other definable entity that …   Medical dictionary

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• Thrombopoietin — (leukemia virus oncogene ligand, megakaryocyte growth and development factor), also known as THPO, is a glycoprotein hormone produced mainly by the liver and the kidney that regulates the production of platelets by the bone marrow. It stimulates… …   Wikipedia

• PEG-rhMGDF — Polyethylene glycosylated recombinant human megakaryocyte growth and development factor. A form of megakaryocyte growth and development factor (MGDF) that is made in the laboratory. MGDF comes from the protein thrombopoietin, which is normally… …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• Thrombopoietin receptor — Myeloproliferative leukemia virus oncogene Identifiers Symbols MPL; C MPL; CD110; MPLV; TPOR External IDs …   Wikipedia

• Myeloproliferative leukemia virus oncogene — (MPL) also known as CD110 (Cluster of Differentiation 110), is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: MPL myeloproliferative leukemia virus oncogene| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView… …   Wikipedia

• PEG-MGDF — A form of megakaryocyte growth and development factor (MGDF) that is made in the laboratory. MGDF comes from the protein thrombopoietin, which is normally made in the body to help make platelets. PEG MGDF is being studied as a way to increase the …   English dictionary of cancer terms

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• thrombopoietin — A cytokine that serves as a humoral regulator for the production of blood platelets through action on the receptor c mp1. SYN: megakaryocyte growth and development factor, megapoietin. [thrombo + G. poietes, maker, + in] * * * …   Medical dictionary

• Microglia — Code TH H2.00.06.2.00004 Microglia are a type of glial cell that are the resident macrophages of the brain and spinal cord, and thus act as the first and main form of active immune defense in the central nervous system (CNS). Microglia constitute …   Wikipedia