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The Hematopoiesis [HP] Study Section reviews applications involving both basic and applied aspects of normal and abnormal hematopoiesis, including stem cell biology, hematopoietic growth factors and their receptors, leukemias and leukemogenesis, bone marrow failure syndromes, myeloproliferative syndromes, stem cell transplantation, and hematopoietic cell gene therapy. Specific areas covered by HP:

• Hematopoiesis and Growth Factors:  Hematopoietic progenitors; Hematopoietic microenvironment/stromal cells; Transcriptional control of Hematopoiesis; Signal transduction in relation to hematopoiesis.
  Stem cell biology:  Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells; Embryonic stem cells as models of hematopoiesis; epigenetic regulation of stem cell gene transcription; Genetic modification of hematopoietic stem cells; Ex vivo expansion of hematopoietic stem cells.
• Myelopoiesis:  Differentiation of myeloid cells: Granulocyte biology, function, and physiology; Monocyte/macrophage biology, function, and physiology; Molecular biology of myeloid receptors & proteins; Oxidant stress; Apoptosis; Leukemia (AML or CML); Myelodysplasia; Myeloproliferative disorders.
• Lymphocytes:  Lymphocyte function;  Differentiation of B lymphocytes;  Differentiation of T lymphocytes;  Lymphocytic leukemias (ALL, CLL, MLL) and lymphomas
• Thrombopoiesis; Thrombopoietin; Megakaryocytopoiesis; Megakaryocyte differentiation;  Hemangioblasts
• Erythropoiesis: Differentiation of erythroid progenitors and precursors; Stress erythropoiesis; Erythropoietin; Erythroleukemia;  Sickle cell disease;  Thalassemia
• Bone marrow transplantation; Stem cell transplantation; Homing; Migration; Adhesion; Xenografts; Xenotransplantation; Gene therapy
• Bone marrow failure; Bone marrow failure syndromes, e.g., Fanconi Anemia (FA), Diamond Blackfan Anemia (DBA), Shwachman Diamond Syndrome
• Oncogenes; Oncogene expression; Tumorigenesis; Hematologic malignancies

Study sections with most closely related areas of similar science listed in rank order are:

Erythrocyte and Leukocyte Biology [ELB] 
Hemostasis and Thrombosis [HT]
Innate Immunity and Inflammation [III] 
Cancer Genetics [CG]