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COLONY-FORMING UNIT-SPLEEN [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

Colony forming unit-spleen: the pluripotential stem cell which gives rise to the erythroid, granulocytic, and megakaryocytic cell lines; so named because the cell gives rise to colonies of marrow cells in the spleen of irradiated mice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
DEF

Cellule donnant naissance in vitro à des colonies mixtes : granulocyte, érythrocyte, monocyte et mégacaryocyte.

CONT

Les cellules non lymphoïdes du sang proviennent d'une cellule souche multipotente CFU-GEMM (qui) se différencie elle-même en cellules-souches d'une seule lignée sanguine : CFU-MK pour la lignée mégacaryocyto-plaquettaire, CFU-GM pour la lignée granulocyto-monocytaire, CFU-Eo pour la lignée éosinophile, BFU-E et CFU-E pour la lignée érythroïde.

Spanish

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