H2S protects against fatal myelosuppression by promoting the generation of megakaryocytes/platelets

Abstract Background Our previous pilot studies aimed to examine the role of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in the generation of endothelial progenitor cells led to an unexpected result, i.e., H2S promoted the differentiation of certain hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells in the bone marrow. This gave rise t...

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Main Authors: Huan-Di Liu, Ai-Jie Zhang, Jing-Jing Xu, Ying Chen, Yi-Chun Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-02-01
Series:Journal of Hematology & Oncology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13045-016-0244-7