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Receptors for hematopoietic regulatory cytokines : overview of structure and function

Gullberg, U LU ; Bergh, G LU ; Ehinger, M LU and Olsson, I LU (1995) In Cancer Treatment and Research 80. p.1-24
Abstract
The production of blood cells is regulated by the action of external factors, cytokines, that can be released by many cell types. In the first place, a population of multipotent stem cells, mostly in the resting Go phase of the cell cycle, but with self-renewal capacity, gives rise to progenitor cells that are predetermined for differentiation into all kinds of blood cells. Expression of genes for cytokine receptors leads to external regulation of hematopoiesis by cytokines which bind to the receptors, resulting in modifications of proliferation and differentiation, as cytokines are not only growth factors, but are also maturation factors capable of directing hematopoiesis towards functionally competent cells. What is more, they are... (More)
The production of blood cells is regulated by the action of external factors, cytokines, that can be released by many cell types. In the first place, a population of multipotent stem cells, mostly in the resting Go phase of the cell cycle, but with self-renewal capacity, gives rise to progenitor cells that are predetermined for differentiation into all kinds of blood cells. Expression of genes for cytokine receptors leads to external regulation of hematopoiesis by cytokines which bind to the receptors, resulting in modifications of proliferation and differentiation, as cytokines are not only growth factors, but are also maturation factors capable of directing hematopoiesis towards functionally competent cells. What is more, they are survival factors capable of suppressing programmed cell death (apoptosis). This is of particular importance for the viability of stem cells which must be preserved. Thus cytokines can act at all positions of the hematopoietic family tree, and the response can differ from proliferation and differentiation of progenitor cells to functional activation of mature cells. Under physiological conditions, during constitutive hematopoiesis, the regulatory cytokines are produced locally, for instance by stromal ceils of the microenvironment, and act locally in a paracrine manner [2]. (Less)
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Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects, Hematopoiesis/drug effects, Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors/pharmacology, Humans, Mice, Models, Biological, Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/drug effects, Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor/classification, Signal Transduction/drug effects
host publication
Cytokines: : Interleukins and Their Receptors - Interleukins and Their Receptors
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Cancer Treatment and Research
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Kurzrock, Razelle and Talpaz, Moshe
volume
80
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1
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24 pages
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Springer US
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  • scopus:0029432481
  • pmid:8821572
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0927-3042
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978-0-7923-3636-5
978-1-4613-1241-3
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10.1007/978-1-4613-1241-3_1
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English
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  author       = {{Gullberg, U and Bergh, G and Ehinger, M and Olsson, I}},
  booktitle    = {{Cytokines: : Interleukins and Their Receptors}},
  editor       = {{Kurzrock, Razelle and Talpaz, Moshe}},
  isbn         = {{978-0-7923-3636-5}},
  issn         = {{0927-3042}},
  keywords     = {{Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects; Hematopoiesis/drug effects; Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors/pharmacology; Humans; Mice; Models, Biological; Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/drug effects; Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor/classification; Signal Transduction/drug effects}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{1--24}},
  publisher    = {{Springer US}},
  series       = {{Cancer Treatment and Research}},
  title        = {{Receptors for hematopoietic regulatory cytokines : overview of structure and function}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1241-3_1}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-1-4613-1241-3_1}},
  volume       = {{80}},
  year         = {{1995}},
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