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Studies of infused megakaryocytes into mice support a ''catch-and release'' model of pulmonary-centric thrombopoiesis
Hyun‐Jun Kim, Danuta Jadwiga Jarocha, Ian Johnson…·Mortimer Poncz
The paper shows that megakaryocytes are entrapped in the lungs, release cytoplasmic fragments, and undergo platelet formation, supporting a pulmonary-centric 'catch-and-release' model of thrombopoiesis.