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Hematopoiesis Flashcards

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Stem cells characteristics

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may proliferate extremely well
self-renewing
may differentiate into several (at least 2) different cell-Types
may reconstitute tissues after injury

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What does Totipotent

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Cells give rise to all cells of an organism, including embryonic and extraembryonic tissues (cells which support embryonic development).

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Is a zygote totipotent

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yes

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What is pluripotent

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Pluripotent cells give rise to all cells fo the embryo and subsequently adult tissues (embryonic stem cells)

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Are embryonic stem cells totipotent, pluripotent, or multipotent

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pluripotent

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What is multipotent

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Multipotent cells give rise to different cell types of a given lineage (adult stem cells).

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Embryonic stem cells are derived from

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Inner-Cell mass of blastocyst

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Embryonic stem cells may be induced from ____ tissues

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adult

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Adult stem cells are harvested from

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mature organs/tissues (bone marrow)

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Adult stem cells are totipotent, pluripotent, or multipotent

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multipotent

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What limitations do adult stem cells have vs. embryonic stem cells

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more restricted ability to produce different cell types and to self-renew

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12
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At 2-8 weeks of gestation islands of hematopoiesis (blood islands) are found in the ______

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Yolk sac wall

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at 208 weeks of gestation the islands of hematopoiesis (blood islands) in the yolk sac wall give rise to

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nucleated erythrocytes

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14
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Do leukocytes form during 2-8 weeks of gestation

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No

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15
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During 8-28 weeks of gestation hematopoiesis first occurs in the ___ and then the ____

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liver and then the spleen

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16
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Hematopoiesis in the liver and spleen ceases around the time of

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Birth

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17
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when does hematopoiesis begin to occur in the red bone marrow

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6 months gestation to birth and beyond

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18
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At birth all the bone marrow is

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Red marrow

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19
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Red bone marrow is the source of

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all blood cells

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20
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Prior to puberty red bone marrow is located in

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skull, ribs, sternum, vertebrae, clavicles, pelvis, long bones

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After puberty red bone marrow is located in

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Skull, ribs, sternum, verebrae, clavicles, and pelvis

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In time, most of marrow is converted to _____ marrow, and red marrow is usually restricted to _____ and _____

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yellow, sternum, iliac crests

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23
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What is extramedullary hematopoiesis

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in certain disease states, blood cell formation may occur in liver and spleen

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The stroma contains what kind of cells

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fibroblasts, reticular cells, adipose cells, and endothelial cells

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The stroma synthesizes and secretes

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Hematopoietic growth factors

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The parenchyma consists of

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Various lineages of hematopoietic cells in different stages of differentation

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What are sinusoids

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endothelial-lined spaces that connect arterial and venous vessels

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What is the function of sinusoids

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provides access for mature blood cells to move into the circulation

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29
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What hematopoietic cords

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Bands of parenchyma and stroma lying between the sinusoids

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30
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What is the total percent of granulocytopoiesis

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60%

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31
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What is the percentage of erythrocytopoieis

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30%

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32
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What is the percentagge of thrombocytopoiesis, monocytopoiesis, lymphocytopoiesis

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10%

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33
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What is Myeloid/erythroid ratio

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total volume of cells in granulocytopoiesis/ total volume of cells in erythrocytopoiesis

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34
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What is the normal myeloid/erythroid ratio

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3:1

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35
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What is the ratio of myeloid/erythroid that is an example of chronic myelogenous leukemia

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8:1

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36
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What is the ratio of myeloid/erythroid that shows a polycythemia

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1:5

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Granulocyte-macrophage CFU can become what

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macrophages and neutrophils

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38
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Mature blood cells migrate from the _________through the sinusoidal endothelial walls into the sinusoids

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Hematopoietic cords

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39
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___________ (site of platelet production) are too large to translocate and must remain in the stroma

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Megakaryocytes

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40
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Hematopoietic stem cells are pluripotent and commiteed to what two stem cell lineages

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myeloid or lymphoid stem cell lineages

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41
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Can hematopoietic stem cells self-renew

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yes

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42
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Hematopoietic stem cells produce two kinds of ________ precursor cells, and what are they

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multipotential, myeloid stem cell, lymphoid stem cell

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43
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What do myeloid stem cells give rise to

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all blood cell lines except lymphocytes

44
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What do lymphoid stem cells give rise to

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lymphocytes

45
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How are hematopoietic stem cells identified

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Can’t be identified by morphology but can be recognized by cell surface markers

46
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Luekocytes differentiate into what two sub classes

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granulocytes and agranulocytes

47
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What are the three types of granulocytes

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Neutrophils, Basophils, and Eosinophils

48
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What are the two types of agranulocytes

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Monocytes and lymphocytes

49
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Myeloid stem cells give rise to how many kinds of colony-forming units

50
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What are the 5 colony forming units that myeloid stem cells give rise to

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Erythroid CFU
Megokaryocyte CFU
Basophil CFU
Eosinophil CFU
Eosinophil CFU
Granulocyte-Macrophage CFU
51
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Erythroid CFU gives produces what kind of cells

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Erythrocytes (red blood cells)

52
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Megokaryocyte CFU produces what kind of cells

53
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Basophil CFU is acted on my ______ to produce myelobast

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SFC (stem cell factor or c-kit ligand)

54
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What acts on Granulocyte-Macrohage CFU to produce neutrotphils

55
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What acts on Granulocyte-Macrophage CFU to produce Monoblasts

56
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What acts on Erythroid CFU to produce proerythroblasts

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Erythropoietin

57
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What acts on Megokaryocyte CFU to produce megakaryocytoblast

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Thrombopoietin

58
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What type of cell (s) produce G-CSF

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endothelial cells, fibroblasts, and macrophages

59
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What are the three major groups of hematopoietic growth factors

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colony-stimulating factors, Erythropoietin and thrombopoietin, Cytokines (primarily interleukins)

60
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What is the function of GM-CSF

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it leads to the myeloid stem cell becoming basophil CFU, Eosinophil CFU, or Granulocyte-macrophage CFU

61
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What is the function of Interleukins

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Act on hematopoietic stem cells to protduce Lymphoid stem cell

62
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T-cells mature in the

63
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B-Cell mature in the

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Bone marrow

64
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describe the lineage of macrophage

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Hematopoietic stem cells–> Myeloid Stem cell–>Granulocyte-macrophage CFU—> Monoblast—> promonocyte–> Monocyte—> Macrophage

65
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In the macrophage lineage what is the cell type that is normally found in the blood

66
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Describe the cell lineage of a Neutrophil

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Hematopoietic stem cell–> Myeloid Stem Cell–> Granulocyte-Macrophage CFU–> Myeloblast —> Promyelocyte—> Myelocyte —> Metamyelocyte—-> Band cell—-> Neutrophil

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What are the cells in the Neutrophil cell lineage that can be found in the circulation

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Band cells (not common unless rapid turnover of neutrophils)
Neurtrophils
68
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What are macrophages in the bone named

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Osteoclasts

69
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What are macrohages in the skin named

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Langerhans cells

70
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What are macrophages in brain named

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Microglia cells

71
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Where are macrophages found in the spleen

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in the red pulp

72
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What are macrophages in the liver called

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Kupffer cell

73
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What are macrophages in the lungs called

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alveolar macrophage or dust cell

74
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What percentage of cells in the liver are kupffer cells

75
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Monocytes circulate for how long before migrating into tissues

76
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What percentage of cells in the lungs are dust cells

77
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What are the two cell niches

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Vascular niche and Endosteal niche

78
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Mast cells are derived from

79
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Band cells turn into

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Eosinophil, Neutrophil, and Basophils

80
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What is the lineage for eosinophils and basophils

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hematopoetic stem cell–> myeloid stem cell –> Eosinophil CFU or Basophil CFU—> Myelobast—-> Promyelocyte—-> myelocyte—-> metamyelocyte–> Band cell–> eosinophil or basophil

81
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What is cell lineage for platelets

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Megakaryocyte CFU—> megakaryoblast–> megakaryocyte—-> platelets

82
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What is the cell lineage for a erythrocyte

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erythroid CFU–> proerythroblast–> basophilic erythroblast–> polychromatophilic erythroblast—> orthochromatic erythroblast—> Reticulocyte—-> Erythrocyte

83
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What cells in the erythrocyte lineage can be found in circulation

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Reticulocytes and erythrocytes

84
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When are reticulocytes found in blood

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when someone is rapidly forming red blood cells. often when dealing with acute anemia. they are called reticulocytes because they have remnants of their rough ER

85
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Hematopoietic growth factors and cytokines are produced by

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endothelial cells in the marrow, fibroblasts, and stromal cells

86
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Hematopoietic growth factors and cytokines are all glycoproteins

87
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GM-CSF is produced by

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endothelial cells, T cells, firboblasts, and monocytes

88
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GM-CSF stimulates

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Granulocytopoiesis and moncytopoiesis

89
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what is used to ameliorates neuropenia associated with chemotherapy or radiation therapy

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GM-CSF and G-CSF

90
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What are the synthetic forms of GM-CSF

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Sargramostim or melgramostim

91
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G-CSF is produced by

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endothelial cells, fibroblasts, and macrophages

92
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What is the function of G-CSF

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Directs CFU-GM to proliferate and differentiate into myeloblasts

93
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What is the function of M-CSF

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commits CFU-GM to monocytic pathway

94
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What is the function of erythropoietin

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Directs CFU-E to proliferate and differentiate into proeryhtroblasts

95
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Where is erythropoietin produced

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Produced by the interstitial cells in the renal cortex in response to decrease in oxygen saturation

96
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What is secondary polycythemia

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abnormal increase in total RBC mass resulting from hypoxia and stimulating release of erythropoietin
Possible causes include Tetralogy of Fallot and Cigarette smoke

97
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What is the function of thrombopoietin

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directs formation of megakaryoblasts

98
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Where is thrombopoietin formed

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in the proximal convoluted tubules of the kidney

and in parenchymal cells and sinusoidal endothelial cells of liver

99
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What is the function of cytokines (primarily interleukins)

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mediate positive and negative affects on cellular quiescence, apoptosis, proliferation, and differentiation
engage specific receptors and activate a variety of signaling pathways

100
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Cytokins (primarily interleukins) engage ______ and activate what

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specific receptors and activate a variety of signaling pathways

101
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What are some examples of cytokines (primarily interleukins)

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Interleukin-3
GM-CSF
Fit-3 ligand
Kit ligand

102
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What are the functions of chemokines

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regulate blood cell trafficking and homing to sites of need

may serve as positive and negative growth regulators

103
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Where do chemokines bind

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to guanine protein-coupled transmembrane receptors

104
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What is an example of a chemokine

105
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What are some ECM components that regulate hematopoesis

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Heparin sulphates, collagens, laminin, fibronectin

106
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Chemokins may serve as what

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positive and negative hematopoietic growth factors

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