Colony-stimulating factor

Introduction: Colony-stimulating factor

Description of Colony-stimulating factor

Colony-stimulating factor: A substance that stimulates the production of blood cells. Colony-stimulating factors include granulocyte colony-stimulating factors (also called G-CSF and filgrastim), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factors (also called GM-CSF and sargramostim), and promegapoietin.
Source: National Institute of Health

Colony-stimulating factor: Substances that stimulate the production of blood cells. Treatment with colony-stimulating factors (CSF) can help the blood-forming tissue recover from the effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
Source: Diseases Database

Colony-stimulating factor: glycoprotein derived from monocytes, macrophages, or stimulated lymphocytes that are required for differentiation of stem cells into granulocyte and monocyte cell colonies.
Source: CRISP

Colony-stimulating factor: 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).
Source: MeSH 2007

Colony-stimulating factor: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Colony-stimulating factor:

• Colony
• Factor
• Blood (1783 causes)
• Blood symptoms (2297 causes)
• Blood disease
• Blood disorder
• CSF
• Can

Terms associated with Colony-stimulating factor:

Terms Similar to Colony-stimulating factor:

• MGI-1
• Macrophage-Granulocyte Inducer

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Colony-stimulating factor:

• Erythropoietin
• Interleukin-3
• Thrombopoietin
• Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
• Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
• Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
• Colony-Stimulating Factors, Recombinant

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Colony-stimulating factor

• Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors
• Glycoproteins

Source - MeSH 2007

• hematopoietic growth factor

Source - CRISP

The term Colony-stimulating factor can be used for:

• filgrastrim
• GCSF (granulocyte colony stimulating factor)
• GMCSF (granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor)
• granulocyte colony stimulating factor
• granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor
• MCSF (monocyte colony stimulating factor)

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Colony-stimulating factor:

• interleukin 3

Source: CRISP

The description of Colony-stimulating factor may also be used for the following terms:

• CSF
• GCSF
• GMCSF
• MCSF

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Colony-stimulating factor

The following list attempts to classify Colony-stimulating factor into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
  • Peptides
    • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
      • Cytokines
        • Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors
          • Colony-Stimulating Factors

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
  • Proteins
    • Glycoproteins
      • Colony-Stimulating Factors

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
  • Proteins
    • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
      • Cytokines
        • Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors
          • Colony-Stimulating Factors

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Biological Factors
  • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
    • Cytokines
      • Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors
        • Colony-Stimulating Factors

External links related to: Colony-stimulating factor

• Colony stimulating factors for chemotherapy induced febrile neutropenia (Cochrane Review)
• G-CSF and GM-CSF for treating or preventing neonatal infections (Cochrane Review)

Source: Diseases Database

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