Investigating the significance of iron levels in influencing megakaryocytic commitment in megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitors
Ranita De, Leo Stephen, Vikram Mathews, Sajitha Lulu S, Akshayata Naidu, Blessy Kiruba, Paweł Lipiński, Rafał R. Starzyński, Eunice Sindhuvi Edison
The paper investigates how iron levels affect megakaryocytic commitment in MEPs through diet-based in vivo experiments, finding increased expression of megakaryopoiesis-related genes under iron deficiency.
bioRxiv · Aug 11, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology