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Hematopoietic Growth Factors

Hematopoietic growth factors are naturally occurring proteins that regulate the proliferation, differentiation, and survival of blood cell precursors in the bone marrow, playing essential roles in maintaining adequate numbers of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Research published in Hematology and …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 10 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 46× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2372-6601 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Hematopoietic growth factors are naturally occurring proteins that regulate the proliferation, differentiation, and survival of blood cell precursors in the bone marrow, playing essential roles in maintaining adequate numbers of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Research published in Hematology and Oncology Research addresses multiple dimensions of this topic, including the clinical application of mobilizing agents such as plerixafor for autologous peripheral blood stem cell collection, mechanisms by which chemotherapeutic agents like oxaliplatin disrupt lineage-specific hematopoiesis and induce erythropoietin resistance, and the behavior of specific hematopoietic cell populations in disease contexts such as Waldenström's macroglobulinemia. The journal has also examined targeted delivery systems for therapeutic molecules to hematopoietic and lymphoid cells using cholesterol-conjugated siRNA, complications affecting hematopoietic recovery including immune thrombocytopenia following allogeneic stem cell transplantation, and hypercoagulability states in acute leukemia patients. Understanding hematopoietic growth factors and their regulation remains critical for optimizing stem cell transplantation protocols, managing chemotherapy-induced cytopenias, and developing targeted therapies for hematologic malignancies and bone marrow failure syndromes.

Research published in this journal

10 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 10 articles above have been cited 46 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Hematopoietic Growth Factors, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Hematology and Oncology Research (ISSN 2372-6601).

Journal editorial board
Jayadev Manikkam Umakanthan · United States Shuaiying Cui · United States Benedetto Sacchetti · Italy

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