José López Laboratory

H. Jan Johnson, Laboratory
The overall goal of the Johnson laboratory's research is to better understand how platelets are produced. Platelets circulate throughout the body and are primarily responsible for initiating blood clotting at sites of injury. Thrombocytopenia describes the condition of having a reduced number of functional platelets in circulation, and the consequences of this can be extreme and even fatal. The treatments available for thrombocytopenia are likely to increase if we better understand these platelet pathologies including the genetic components that lead to inherited forms of thrombocytopenia.

Areas of Study

  • Genetic factors in platelet pathologies
  • The mechanisms of normal platelet production
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Additional Information

 

  

Jan Johnson, Ph.D.
Research Scientist

Puget Sound Blood Center
Research Institute
1551 Eastlake Avenue E.
Seattle, WA 98102

Email: janj@psbc.org
Phone: (206) 568-2217
FAX: (206) 587-6056