title: Elevated thrombopoietin serum concentrations in myelodysplasias.
abstract: Thrombopoietin (TPO) serum levels were quantified in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes using an ELISA test for TPO. We found that TPO levels were significantly elevated in the whole group of patients as compared with normal healthy donors (521.9 75.3 pg/ml vs 160.1 19.6 pg/ml; P = 0.011). TPO serum levels were inversely correlated with the megakaryocyte mass in both the RA/RARS and RAEB/RAEBt subgroups ( P = 0.012 and P = 0.031, respectively). Two subsets of patients with a possible dysregulation of TPO production were identified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and INSERM U363, ICGM, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guerci
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bouscary
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lacombe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Botella
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Melle
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dreyfus
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fontenay-Roupie