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Research Group Stem Cells at the Interface of
hematopoiesis, Immunity and Cancer

Simon Haas
Junior Group Leader

In bone sections a strong increase in the number of polyploid megakaryocytes (red cells) was observed after treatment of mice with IFN

Haas, S., Hansson, J., Klimmeck, D., Loeffler, D., Velten, L., Uckelmann, H., Wurzer, S., Prendergast, A.M., Schnell, A., Hexel, K., Santarella-Mellwig, R., Blaszkiewicz, S., Kuck, A., Geiger, H., Milsom, M.D., Steinmetz, L.M., Schroeder, T., Trumpp, A., Krijgsveld, J., & Essers, M.A. (2015). Inflammation-Induced Emergency Megakaryopoiesis Driven by Hematopoietic Stem Cell-like Megakaryocyte Progenitors. Cell Stem Cell, 17(4), 422-434. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2015.07.007

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