megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitor cell
A progenitor cell committed to the megakaryocyte and erythroid lineages. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16647566 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megakaryocyte-erythroid_progenitor_cell ]
Term info
megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitor cell
- CFU-EM
- CFU-MegE
- MEP
- Meg/E progenitor
- colony forming unit erythroid megakaryocyte
- megakaryocyte/erythrocyte progenitor
- megakaryocyte/erythroid progenitor cell
MEPs are reportedly CD19-negative, CD34-negative, CD45RA-negative, CD110-positive, CD117-positive, and SCA1-negative and reportedly express the transcription factors GATA-1 and NF-E2.
cell
Term relations
- hematopoietic oligopotent progenitor cell and capable of some erythrocyte differentiation and capable of some megakaryocyte differentiation