The megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitor cell (or MEP, or hMEP to specify human[1]) is a cell that gives rise to megakaryocytes and erythrocytes.[2][3]
It is derived from the common myeloid progenitor.[4]
References
- ^ Mori Y, Iwasaki H, Kohno K, et al. (January 2009). "Identification of the human eosinophil lineage-committed progenitor: revision of phenotypic definition of the human common myeloid progenitor". J. Exp. Med. 206 (1): 183–93. doi:. PMID 19114669. http://www.jem.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19114669.
- ^ MeSH Megakaryocyte-erythroid+progenitor+cells
- ^ "Blood -- On the origins of megakaryocytes". http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org/cgi/content/full/109/4/1340. Retrieved on 2009-03-04.
- ^ Edvardsson L, Dykes J, Olofsson T (May 2006). "Isolation and characterization of human myeloid progenitor populations--TpoR as discriminator between common myeloid and megakaryocyte/erythroid progenitors". Exp. Hematol. 34 (5): 599–609. doi:. PMID 16647566. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0301-472X(06)00068-3.
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