“…9 In the mid-1980s, NKA and NKB were identified by multiple groups, [10][11][12] and since then, tachykinins have been extensively studied for their roles in many pathological and physiological processes, including hematopoiesis. 13 The three known genes that encode mammalian tachykinins are TAC1, TAC3, and TAC4, also termed as preprotachykinin A (PPT-A), -B (PPT-B), and -C (PPT-C), respectively. 7 TAC1 encodes SP, NKA, and the extended forms of NKA (NPK and NPγ).…”