Hematology (JJ Schuringa)

8 important questions on Hematology (JJ Schuringa)

What is the difference between pluripotent and multipotent stem cells?

Pluripotent stem cells are embryonic stem cells -> neural cells, cardiac muscle cells, blood cells

Multipotent stem cells are adult stem cells and located in the brain, heart and bone marrow -> neural cells, cardiac muscle, blood cells.

Cancer incidences vary dramatically between subtypes, how can this be explained?

Cancer can be caused by environmental factors and inherited mutated DNA, this however does not explain cancer frequency.

This is explained by the number of stem cell divisions, aka "bad luck".

What are growth factors and growth factor receptors?

Growth factors are important for regulating a variety of cellular processes. Growth factors typically act as signaling molecules between cells. Examples are cytokines and hormones that bind to specific receptors on the surface of their target cells. Usually it is a protein or a steroid hormone.
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What is a mitogen?

A mitogen is a peptide or small protein, that induces a cell to begin cell division: mitosis.

Platelets produce PDGF, what is this?

Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is one among numerous growth factors that regulate cell growth and division.

It is a chemoattractant for fibroblasts, essential for blood clotting.

The EGF receptor functions as a tyrosine kinase, what is this?

Kinase enzymes that specifically phosphorylate tyrosine amino acids are termed tyrosine kinases.

In biochemistry, a kinase is a type of enzyme that transfers phosphate groups from high-energy donor molecules, such as ATP to specific target molecules (substrates); the process is termed phosphorylation. The opposite, an enzyme that removes phosphate groups from targets, is known as a phosphatase.

Receptor tyrosine kinases have been shown not only to be key regulators of normal cellular processes but also to have a critical role in the development and progression of many types of cancer.

All receptor tyrosine kinases have their own set of ligands, many of these receptor-ligand pairs cannot be found in single cell eukaryotes, but already present in?

in the first simple metozoans such as worms and flies.

→ invented just before metozoan life emerged

An altered growth factor receptor can function as an oncoprotein, what is the result of a cKIT receptor mutation?

KIT is a receptor tyrosine kinase type III, which binds to stem cell factor (a substance that causes certain types of cells to grow), also known as "steel factor" or "c-kit ligand".

Deregulation of c-Kit, including overexpression and gain of function mutations, has been detected in several human cancers.

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