CFU-Eos

CFU-Eo is a colony forming unit that gives rise to eosinophils.[1] Some sources prefer the term "CFU-Eos".[2] It is also known as "hEoP".[3]

CFU-Eos
Details
Gives rise toEosinophils
LocationBone marrow
Functioncolony forming unit
Identifiers
THH2.00.04.3.02010
Anatomical terms of microanatomy

References

  1. Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease. St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. p. 621. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.
  2. Pandit TS, Sikora L, Muralidhar G, Rao SP, Sriramarao P (November 2006). "Sustained exposure to nicotine leads to extramedullary hematopoiesis in the spleen". Stem Cells. 24 (11): 2373–81. doi:10.1634/stemcells.2005-0447. PMID 16825610.
  3. 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:10.1084/jem.20081756. PMC 2626675. PMID 19114669.


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