title: Human hemopoietic growth factors.
abstract: Hematopoiesis is regulated by a complex network of soluble stimulators and inhibitors, as well as by cellular interactions in the bone marrow microenvironment. Progress in molecular biology and protein biochemistry has provided a number of hemopoietic growth factors that are now available in large quantities for in vitro and in vivo studies. Several of them seem to hold great promise for patients suffering from insufficient hematopoiesis of various causes. This review focuses on new developments in the understanding of hemopoietic growth factors activity, and on recent clinical data.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Fed. Rep. Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Platzer
mesh_terms: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000502:physiology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000502:physiology*; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D006801:Humans; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D006133:Growth Substances; D011994:Recombinant Proteins