monoblast
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Morphology: mononuclear cell, diameter 12-20 _M, non-granular, N/C ratio 3/1 - 4/1; markers: CD11b (shared with many other myeloid cells); location: Adult: bone marrow; fetal: liver, Yolk Sac; role or process: hematopoiesis, monocyte development; lineage: hematopoietic, myeloid.
Term info
Label
monoblast
definition
A myeloid progenitor cell committed to the monocyte lineage. This cell is CD11b-positive, has basophilic cytoplasm, euchromatin, and the presence of a nucleolus.
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cell
has related synonym
CFU-M, colony forming unit macrophage, colony forming unit monocyte, monocyte stem cell
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Term relations
Equivalent to:
- monopoietic cell and has part some basophilic cytoplasm and has part some euchromatin and has part some nucleolus and has plasma membrane part some integrin alpha-M and capable of some monocyte differentiation
Subclass of:
- monopoietic cell
- material anatomical entity
- myeloid cell
- has part some nucleolus
- has part some euchromatin
- has part some basophilic cytoplasm
- has plasma membrane part some integrin alpha-M
- develops from some macrophage dendritic cell progenitor
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