Koenraad De Wispelaere on Transcriptome Profiling of Megakaryocytes and Platelets
Kathleen Freson, Professor at KULeuven, Chair of ISTH shared on LinkedIn:
”Ever wondered how similar platelet (despite having no nucleus) and megakaryocyte transcriptomes really are – in healthy conditions versus inherited thrombocytopenia?
Koenraad De Wispelaere has studied this as part of his PhD!
HemaSphere Journal Thanks for all that have contributed Kato Ramaekers, Fabienne Ver Donck, Chantal Thys, Kojo Eto, Ernest Turro, Veerle Labarque.”
Read the full article here.
Article: Transcriptome profiling of megakaryocytes and platelets: Application to GP9- and IKZF5-related thrombocytopenia
Authors: Koenraad De Wispelaere, Fabienne Ver Donck, Kato Ramaekers, Chantal Thys, Koji Eto, Veerle Labarque, Ernest Turro, Kathleen Freson

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