Chemicals and Drugs

Colony-Stimulating Factors

Glycoproteins found in a subfraction of normal mammalian plasma and urine. They stimulate the proliferation of bone marrow cells in agar cultures and the formation of colonies of granulocytes and/or macrophages. The factors include INTERLEUKIN-3; (IL-3); GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; (G-CSF); MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; (M-CSF); and GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; (GM-CSF).

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Glycoproteins found in a subfraction of normal mammalian plasma and urine. They stimulate the proliferation of bone marrow cells in agar cultures and the formation of colonies of granulocytes and/or macrophages. The factors include INTERLEUKIN-3; (IL-3); GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; (G-CSF); MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; (M-CSF); and GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; (GM-CSF).

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  • Colony Stimulating Factor
  • Colony-Stimulating Factor
  • MGI-1
  • MGI-1 Protein
  • Myeloid Cell-Growth Inducer
  • Cell-Growth Inducer, Myeloid
  • Colony Stimulating Factors
  • Inducer, Myeloid Cell-Growth
  • MGI 1 Protein
  • Myeloid Cell Growth Inducer
  • Macrophage-Granulocyte Inducer
  • Protein Inducer MGI
  • Inducer, Macrophage-Granulocyte
  • MGI, Protein Inducer
  • Macrophage Granulocyte Inducer

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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79(76); was COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR see under GLYCOPROTEINS 1976-78; was COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR 1979-89

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  • Bone Marrow (1966-1975)
  • Cell Division (1966-1975)
  • Clone Cells (1968-1975)
  • Glycoproteins (1966-1975)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Colony-Stimulating Factors. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003115. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003115
  2. Colony-Stimulating Factors. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony-stimulating_factor
  3. Colony-Stimulating Factors. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q416030