GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR

  

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GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR

Specialty Definition: GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR

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Health

A glycoprotein of MW 25 kDa containing internal disulfide bonds. It induces the survival, proliferation, and differentiation of neutrophilic granulocyte precursor cells and functionally activates mature blood neutrophils. Among the family of colony-stimulating factors, G-CSF is the most potent inducer of terminal differentiation to granulocytes and macrophages of leukemic myeloid cell lines. (references)

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Crosswords: GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR

Specialty definitions using "GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR": Colony-Stimulating FactorsfilgrastimG-CSFReceptors, Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR

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Health

Another granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), is also helpful in raising levels of granulocytes. (references)

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Modern Translation: GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR

Language Translations for "GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

lénogastrim (recombinant granulocyte colony-stimulating factor), facteur stimulant les colonies de granulocytes. (various references)

   

German

  

Granulocyten-Kolonien stimulierender Faktor. (various references)

   

Italian

  

fattore che stimola le colonie di granulociti. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

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Spanish

  

factor estimulador de colonias de granulocitos. (various references)

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2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Translations: Modern
4. Bibliography


  

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