English |
committed precursor cell |
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Attestation |
3
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Part of speech |
Noun syntagm
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Grammatical label |
Countable
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Variant |
Committed erythroid precursor cell, erythroid precursor cell, erythroid precursor
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Definition |
After a stem cell becomes a committed precursor/progenitor for a certain cell line, a period elapses when histology, without immunostaining, cannot identify the line. Later, perceptible morphological changes make the cell a recognizable precursor, say a pro-erythroblast. Thereafter, the development of the cell is divided into named stages, each based on a significant change in appearance from the previous stage.
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Definition source |
MedicineNet. Medterms Medical Dictionary.
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Context |
Transferrin is the plasma protein which delivers iron to erythroid cells through an interaction with specific membrane transferrin receptors, which are particularly numerous in committed precursors.
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Context source |
Bianco Silvestroni, I., et al. (2000). ‘Serum levels of erythropoietin and soluble transferrin receptor in the course of pregnancy in non beta thalassemic and beta thalassemic women’. Haematologica 85(9):902-7. (RISCEN34)
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Subject field |
Haemopoiesis
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Generic concept |
Committed erythroid progenitor cell, hematopoietic stem cell
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Specific concept |
Proerythroblast, myeloblast, reticulocyte
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Related concept |
Haemopoiesis, hematopoietic stem cell, anemia
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it |
Precursore commissionato
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Reliability code |
3
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