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megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitor cell

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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

Label

megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitor cell

Synonyms
  • CFU-EM
  • CFU-MegE
  • MEP
  • Meg/E progenitor
  • colony forming unit erythroid megakaryocyte
  • megakaryocyte/erythrocyte progenitor
  • megakaryocyte/erythroid progenitor cell
comment

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.