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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY
Volume 88, Issue 12, Pages 1041-1044Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23562
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Thrombopoietin (TPO) is the major regulator of megakaryopoiesis. Measurement of serum TPO levels may help distinguish between various causes of thrombocytopenia and predict treatment response to TPO receptor agonists. Serum TPO levels from 118 healthy volunteers and 88 patients with abnormal platelet counts were measured using a quantitative ELISA assay. The mean (range) TPO level in healthy volunteers was 39 (7-99) pg/mL. TPO values were correlated with the patient's diagnosis, platelet count, and response to TPO receptor agonists. 88 patients with history of consumptive thrombocytopenia (39) or hypoproliferative thrombocytopenia (49) were analyzed. Median (interquartile range) TPO level for consumptive thrombocytopenia patients was 63 (48-98) pg/mL with a corresponding median (interquartile range) platelet count of 73 (28-146) x 10(9) /L. In contrast, hypoproliferative thrombocytopenia patients had platelet counts [59 (30117) x 10(9) /L] comparable with consumptive thrombocytopenia patients, but significantly higher serum TPO levels [ 706 (358-1546) pg/mL, P < 0.0001]. Analysis of 21 ITP patients treated with TPO receptor agonists demonstrated that a TPO level > 95 pg/mL was associated with lack of clinical response (P < 0.002). TPO levels may have diagnostic utility in discriminating between patients with hypoproliferative and consumptive thrombocytopenia. Elevated TPO levels in ITP patients may predict a poor clinical response to treatment with TPO receptor agonists. Am. J. Heamtol. 88: 1041-1044, 2013. (C) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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