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granulopoiesis
Sign in to savethumb|259x259px|Diagram of human haematopoiesis, showing all types of granulocyte precursors. Granulopoiesis (or granulocytopoiesis) is a part of haematopoiesis, that leads to the production of granulocytes. A granulocyte, also referred to as a polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN), is a type of white blood cell that has multi lobed nuclei, usually containing three lobes, and has a significant amount of cytoplasmic granules within the cell. Granulopoiesis takes place in the bone marrow. It leads to the production of three types of mature granulocytes: neutrophils (most abundant, making up to 60% o
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10 sectionsContents
- Stages of granulocyte development
- Granulocyte lineage determination
- Committed granulopoiesis
- Regulation of granulopoiesis
- Transcriptional regulation
- Regulation by cytokines
- Types of granulopoiesis
- Steady state granulopoiesis
- Emergency granulopoiesis
- References
thumb|259x259px|Diagram of human haematopoiesis, showing all types of granulocyte precursors. Granulopoiesis (or granulocytopoiesis) is a part of haematopoiesis, that leads to the production of granulocytes. A granulocyte, also referred to as a polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN), is a type of white blood cell that has multi lobed nuclei, usually containing three lobes, and has a significant amount of cytoplasmic granules within the cell. Granulopoiesis takes place in the bone marrow. It leads to the production of three types of mature granulocytes: neutrophils (most abundant, making up to 60% of all white blood cells), eosinophils (up to 4%) and basophils (up to 1%).
== Stages of granulocyte development == Granulopoiesis is often divided into two parts;
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