Melanocortins contribute to sequential differentiation and enucleation of human erythroblasts via melanocortin receptors 1, 2 and 5.

In this study, we showed that adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) promoted erythroblast differentiation and increased the enucleation ratio of erythroblasts. Because ACTH was contained in hematopoietic medium as contamination, the ratio decreased by the addition of anti-ACTH antibody (Ab). Addition o...

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Main Authors: Eriko Simamura, Tomohiro Arikawa, Takayuki Ikeda, Hiroki Shimada, Hiroki Shoji, Hiroko Masuta, Yuriko Nakajima, Hiroki Otani, Hideto Yonekura, Toshihisa Hatta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4393082?pdf=render