The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Thrombopoietin across different species:

thrombopoietin (THPO), thrombopoietin (Thpo), thrombopoietin (tpo), thrombopoietin (LOC100231762)

Other aliases include:

ML, TPO, MGDF, MKCSF, MPLLG, MGC163194, Ml, Tpo, Mgdf, Tpo1, Tpo2, Tpo3, Tpo4, Mpllg, THPO, tpo, LOC100231762

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Thrombopoietin:

thrombopoietin – MPL ligand – c-mpl ligand – thrombopoietin nirs variant 1 – megakaryocyte stimulating factor – megakaryocyte colony-stimulating factor – megakaryocyte growth and development factor – myeloproliferative leukemia virus oncogene ligand – C-mpl ligand – OTTMUSP00000023070 – OTTMUSP00000023071 – thrombopoietin (myeloproliferative leukemia virus oncogene ligand, megakaryocyte growth and development factor)

Thrombopoietin fulfills a number of functions:

cytokine activity – growth factor activity – hormone activity – receptor binding

Thrombopoietin is relevant to the following processes:

cell proliferation – multicellular organismal development – myeloid cell differentiation – positive regulation of cell proliferation – response to lipopolysaccharide

Locations for Thrombopoietin:

extracellular region – extracellular space

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology