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The platelet-producing function of lung

ZHOU Yan, HUANG Yan-Hon, LUO Zi-Qiang^*

Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China

Abstract

It is generally believed that platelets are cytoplasmic bodies with biological activity falling off the cytoplasm of megakaryocytes from bone marrow. However, a large number of megakaryocytes have been found in the lung tissue in many researches. Whether the lung has the function of producing platelets has been controversial. In this paper, we briefly review the proposition, early stage researches, the latest confirmations and possible meaning of the hypothesis of platelet-producing function of lung.

Key words: Megakaryocytes; platelets ; pulmonary hematopoietic function

Received: 2017-06-07　　Accepted: 2017-09-11

Corresponding author: 罗自强　　E-mail: luozq1962@163.com

DOI: 10.13294/j.aps.2017.0061

Citing This Article：

ZHOU Yan, HUANG Yan-Hon, LUO Zi-Qiang. The platelet-producing function of lung. Acta Physiol Sin 2017; 69 (5): 730-734 (in Chinese with English abstract).