Hematopoiesis Flashcards
What is Hematopoiesis?
Process of how blood cells are formed
What do all formed blood cells begin from?
Hematopoietic Stem Cell
Where does Hematopoiesis occur prenatally?
Yolk sac
Liver
Spleen
Bone marrow
Where does Hematopoiesis occur postnatally?
Vertebrae Pelvis Sternum Ribs Femurs
After puberty, hematopoiesis moves from skeleton to?
Axillary location
What are the 2 compartments of bone marrow?
- Hematopoietic cell compartment
2. Marrow stromal compartment
What is contained in the hematopoietic cell compartment of bone marrow?
Hematopoietic stem cells
What is contained in the marrow stromal compartment of bone marrow?
Adipocytes
Macrophages
Endothelial cells
Stromal cells
What compartment of the bone marrow produces the hematopoietic growth factors?
Marrow stromal compartment
As age INCREASES, what changes occur in the bone marrow?
Fat - INCREASES
Red marrow and trabecular bone - DECREASE
If fat is increasing and trabecular bone and red marrow are decreasing, someones age is?
Increasing
How do you calculate the % cellularity in the bone marrow?
100 - age
- - range of +/- 10%
What growth factor stimulates the hematopoietic stem cell to begin hematopoiesis?
Stem cell factor
Action of stem cell factor?
Begins hematopoiesis (weakly) - Increases cells responsiveness to cytokines
A hematopoietic stem cell can become what 2 things?
Myeloid stem cell
Lymphoid stem cell
A lymphoid stem cell can become?
T or B cell
What growth factor causes a lymphoid stem cell to become a T cell?
IL - 2
What growth factors cause a lymphoid stem cell to become a B cell?
IL - 2 and IL - 6