Review on the Biogenesis of Platelets in Lungs and Its Alterations in SARS-CoV-2 Infection Patients.

Thrombocytes (platelets) are the type of blood cells that are involved in hemostasis, thrombosis, etc. For the conversion of megakaryocytes into thrombocytes, the thrombopoietin (TPO) protein is essential which is encoded by the gene. gene is present in the long arm of chromosome number 3 (3q26).