TERMINOLOGY

Question 1

Undifferentiated cell producing blood cells of all lineages, capable of self-renewal (embryonal stem cell)

Answer 1

Pluripotent Hematopoietic Stem Cell (HSC)

Question 2

Undifferentiated cell producing cells of multiple lineages, limited self-renewal (e.g. myeloid SC, lymphoid SC)

Answer 2

Multipotent HSC

Question 3

Undifferentiated cell capable of producing cells of one lineage, colony forming units (CFUs) (e.g. erythroid CFU, granulocytemacrophage CFU)

Answer 3

Committed progenitor