Defects in TRPM7 channel function deregulate thrombopoiesis through altered cellular Mg2+ homeostasis and cytoskeletal architecture

Although Mg2+is vital for platelet activation and aggregation, its regulation in these cells is still largely unknown. Here, the authors show that TRPM7, a cation channel and a protein kinase, regulates thrombopoiesis and platelet size by affecting the cytoskeleton of these cells in mice and humans.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Simon Stritt, Paquita Nurden, Remi Favier, Marie Favier, Silvia Ferioli, Sanjeev K. Gotru, Judith M M. van Eeuwijk, Harald Schulze, Alan T. Nurden, Michele P. Lambert, Ernest Turro, Stephanie Burger-Stritt, Masayuki Matsushita, Lorenz Mittermeier, Paola Ballerini, Susanna Zierler, Michael A. Laffan, Vladimir Chubanov, Thomas Gudermann, Bernhard Nieswandt, Attila Braun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11097