Claims
- 1. A method for stimulating in vitro erythropoiesis comprising culturing bone marrow or peripheral blood cells with a composition comprising an amount of a mammalian thrombopoietin protein (TPO) of at least 323 amino acid residues selected from the group consisting of:(a) a protein comprising the sequence of amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 4 from amino acid residue 45 to amino acid residue 379; and (b) species homologs of (a), and erythropoietin (EPO) sufficient to produce an increase in the number of erythrocytes or erythrocyte precursors as compared to cells cultured in the absence of TPO.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the amount of TPO is 10 pg/ml to 10 ng/ml and the amount of EPO is 0.5 units/ml to 5 units/ml.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the TPO is human or mouse TPO.
- 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the mammalian thrombopoietin protein comprises a sequence of amino acids selected from the group consisting of:the sequence of amino acids shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 from amino acid residue 1 to residue 353; and the sequence of amino acids shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 from amino acid residue 22 to residue 353.
- 5. A method for stimulating in vitro erythropoiesis comprising culturing bone marrow or peripheral blood cells with a composition comprising an amount of a mammalian thrombopoietin protein (TPO) of at least 323 amino acid residues selected from the group consisting of:(a) a protein comprising the sequence of amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 4 from amino acid residue 45 to amino acid residue 379; and (b) species homologs of (a), sufficient to produce an increase in the number of erythrocytes or erythrocyte precursors as compared to cells cultured in the absence of TPO.
- 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the amount of TPO is 100 pg/ml to 10 ng/ml.
- 7. The method of claim 5, wherein the TPO is human or mouse TPO.
- 8. The method of claim 5, wherein the mammalian thrombopoietin protein comprises a sequence of amino acids selected from the group consisting of:the sequence of amino acids shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 from amino acid residue 1 to residue 353; and the sequence of amino acids shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 from amino acid residue 22 to residue 353.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/347,748, filed Dec. 1, 1994, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/335,566, filed Nov. 7, 1994, which is abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/288,417, filed Aug. 9, 1994, which is abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/252,491, filed Jun. 1, 1994, which is abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/215,203, filed Mar. 21, 1994, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/203,197, filed Feb. 25, 1994, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/196,025, filed Feb. 14, 1994, now abandoned, which are incorporated herein by reference.
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