A humoral factor that stimulates the production of thrombocytes (BLOOD PLATELETS). Thrombopoietin stimulates the proliferation of bone marrow MEGAKARYOCYTES and their release of blood platelets. The process is called THROMBOPOIESIS.
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Thrombocytopoiesis-Stimulating Factor — Thrombocytopoiesis Stimulating Factor — MGDF Factor — mpl Ligand — Ligand, mpl — c-mpl Ligand — Ligand, c-mpl — Megakaryocyte Growth and Development Factor — Myeloproliferative Leukemia Virus Oncogene Ligand — Thrombocytopoietin — Megakaryocyte Colony Stimulating Factor