Thrombopoietin
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006369
A humoral factor that stimulates the production of thrombocytes (blood platelets). Thrombopoietin stimulates the proliferation of bone marrow megakaryocytes and their release of blood platelets. The process is called thrombopoiesis.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-006369 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| Synonyms | megakaryocyte colony stimulating factor; megakaryocyte growth and development factor; myeloproliferative leukemia virus oncogene ligand; thrombocytopoiesis-stimulating factor; thrombocytopoietin |
| References | Medical Subject Headings 2014; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0) |
| See also | Colony-stimulating factors |
| Translations | Spanish: trombopoyetina |
Record as JSON
{
"id": "MLC-T-AGR-006369",
"term": "Thrombopoietin",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "A humoral factor that stimulates the production of thrombocytes (blood platelets). Thrombopoietin stimulates the proliferation of bone marrow megakaryocytes and their release of blood platelets. The process is called thrombopoiesis.",
"synonyms": [
"megakaryocyte colony stimulating factor",
"megakaryocyte growth and development factor",
"myeloproliferative leukemia virus oncogene ligand",
"thrombocytopoiesis-stimulating factor",
"thrombocytopoietin"
],
"subject": "Fields of Study",
"see_also": [
"colony-stimulating factors"
],
"references": [
"Medical Subject Headings 2014",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "trombopoyetina"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/thrombopoietin/"
}
Record 6,270 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.