Hematopoiesis Flashcards
What is the receptor responsible for binding growth factors to promote differentiate in hematopoiesis?
Jak-Stat Pathway
What is the growth factors the is responsible for promotion of RBCs and where is it located?
Erythropoietin, Kidney makes 85%+
What is the role of HIF in production of erythropoietin?
HIF-1a in the presence of oxygen is hydroxylated and bound by other co-factors leading to ubiquitation-degradation.
However, when there is hypoxia less hydroxylation occurs and HIF-1a is free to bind in the nucleus as a transcription factor for increased erythropoietin.
(Hypoxia-inducible Factor)
What are therapeutic drugs and when are they used to increase RBC production?
Epoetin Alfa / Darbopoietin
- Chronic Kidney Disease, Post-Chemo, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, etc.
What is the growth factor used to promote the production of megakaryocytes?
Thrombopoietin (TPO)
– Constantly produced within the liver–
How are the levels of platelets regulated with TPO?
Circulating TPO binds to BOTH platelets and megakaryocytes, so if there are few platelets MORE binding to Megakaryoctes, if many platelets, then Less binding to Megakaryocytes reducing proliferation.
What growth factor is used to increase myelocytes?
G-CSF Growth, colony stimulating factor
What produces G-CSF?
Monocytes/Macro, Fibroblasts, and Endothelial cells in order to produce more neutraphils.
What is the therapeutic agent used to increase neutrophils?
Filgrastim.
When needed to prevent infection in compromised patients in chemo, HIV, etc.
What are the cellular markers for a Hematopoetic stem cell?
+c-KIT (CD117)
+CD34
—No lineage specific markers–
What cells do not have CD45?
Erythrocytes and Megakaryocytes
What is the marker on most differentiated cells?
CD45
What are the categorical factors used to be able to tell morphology of cell lineages?
- Cell Size
- Nuclei Shape
- Color of Cytoplasm (Blue, RNA / Red, protein)
- Granules or not
What is a unique characteristic of eosinophils?
Bilobed Nuclei with red-ish granules
What are unique characteristics of lymphocytes?
Smaller in size compared to granulocytes, dark appearing nuclei with a thin layer of cytoplasm.