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Effects of interleukin-11 on carboplatin-induced thrombocytopenia in rats and in combination with stem cell factor.

The effects of interleukin-11 (IL-11) which stimulates megakaryopoiesis and thrombopoiesis and/or stem cell factor ( SCF) which stimulates multiple lineage cells in the peripheral blood by an increase in marrow cellularity on hematopoietic suppression in carboplatin (CBDCA)-treated rats were determined. CBDCA was administered to rats at a dose of 35 mg/kg as a single intraperitoneal bolus on day 0. IL-11 (20 micrograms/day) was given subcutaneously for 10 days from day 5 after CBDCA treatment. IL-11 ameliorated the suppression of hematopoiesis in rats treated with CBDCA. Especially, the production of the platelets was stimulated by IL-11 more markedly than that of cells of other lineages. However, the combination of SCF and IL-11 intensified the CBDCA-induced suppression of hematopoiesis. These findings may be helpful in the design of future therapies to prevent or treat thrombocytopenia induced by chemotherapy.[1]

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  1. Effects of interleukin-11 on carboplatin-induced thrombocytopenia in rats and in combination with stem cell factor. Yonemura, Y., Kawakita, M., Miyake, H., Miyazoe, T., Fujimoto, K., Takatsuki, K. Int. J. Hematol. (1997) [Pubmed]
 
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