Changes in the mitogenic activity of platelet-derived growth factor(s) in patients with myeloproliferative disease. 1989

A Caenazzo, and F Pietrogrande, and G Polato, and E Piva, and M Masiero, and D Sgarabotto, and A Girolami
University of Padua Medical School, Institute of Medical Semeiotics, Italy.

Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is thought to take part in the genesis of bone marrow fibrosis that can be found in patients with myeloproliferative diseases. We evaluated platelet mitogenic activity as the difference between serum and plasma activity in 8 patients with myeloproliferative disease. We observed a trend of lower values in 2 cases of polycythemia vera and 2 cases of essential thrombocythemia, as seen by other authors. Two patients suffering from chronic myeloid leukemia were within the normal range. In contrast, our 2 cases of idiopathic myelofibrosis showed increased levels. If confirmed by further studies, this could suggest a pathogenetic relationship between increased levels of PDGF and bone marrow fibrosis, and give differential diagnostic significance to the PDGF mitogenic assay in myeloproliferative diseases.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008807 Mice, Inbred BALB C An inbred strain of mouse that is widely used in IMMUNOLOGY studies and cancer research. BALB C Mice, Inbred,BALB C Mouse, Inbred,Inbred BALB C Mice,Inbred BALB C Mouse,Mice, BALB C,Mouse, BALB C,Mouse, Inbred BALB C,BALB C Mice,BALB C Mouse
D008938 Mitosis A type of CELL NUCLEUS division by means of which the two daughter nuclei normally receive identical complements of the number of CHROMOSOMES of the somatic cells of the species. M Phase, Mitotic,Mitotic M Phase,M Phases, Mitotic,Mitoses,Mitotic M Phases,Phase, Mitotic M,Phases, Mitotic M
D009196 Myeloproliferative Disorders Conditions which cause proliferation of hemopoietically active tissue or of tissue which has embryonic hemopoietic potential. They all involve dysregulation of multipotent MYELOID PROGENITOR CELLS, most often caused by a mutation in the JAK2 PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE. Disorder, Myeloproliferative,Disorders, Myeloproliferative,Myeloproliferative Disorder
D010982 Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Mitogenic peptide growth hormone carried in the alpha-granules of platelets. It is released when platelets adhere to traumatized tissues. Connective tissue cells near the traumatized region respond by initiating the process of replication. Platelet Derived Growth Factor,Factor, Platelet-Derived Growth,Growth Factor, Platelet-Derived
D011087 Polycythemia Vera A myeloproliferative disorder of unknown etiology, characterized by abnormal proliferation of all hematopoietic bone marrow elements and an absolute increase in red cell mass and total blood volume, associated frequently with splenomegaly, leukocytosis, and thrombocythemia. Hematopoiesis is also reactive in extramedullary sites (liver and spleen). In time myelofibrosis occurs. Erythremia,Osler-Vaquez Disease,Polycythemia Rubra Vera,Polycythemia Ruba Vera,Primary Polycythemia,Disease, Osler-Vaquez,Erythremias,Osler Vaquez Disease,Polycythemia Ruba Veras,Polycythemia Rubra Veras,Polycythemia, Primary,Polycythemias, Primary,Primary Polycythemias,Ruba Vera, Polycythemia,Ruba Veras, Polycythemia,Vera, Polycythemia Ruba,Vera, Polycythemia Rubra,Veras, Polycythemia Ruba,Veras, Polycythemia Rubra
D002478 Cells, Cultured Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others. Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D004247 DNA A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine). DNA, Double-Stranded,Deoxyribonucleic Acid,ds-DNA,DNA, Double Stranded,Double-Stranded DNA,ds DNA
D004305 Dose-Response Relationship, Drug The relationship between the dose of an administered drug and the response of the organism to the drug. Dose Response Relationship, Drug,Dose-Response Relationships, Drug,Drug Dose-Response Relationship,Drug Dose-Response Relationships,Relationship, Drug Dose-Response,Relationships, Drug Dose-Response
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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