Chemicals and Drugs

Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors

These growth factors comprise a family of hematopoietic regulators with biological specificities defined by their ability to support proliferation and differentiation of blood cells of different lineages. ERYTHROPOIETIN and the COLONY-STIMULATING FACTORS belong to this family. Some of these factors have been studied and used in the treatment of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia, myelodysplastic syndromes, and bone marrow failure syndromes.

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These growth factors comprise a family of hematopoietic regulators with biological specificities defined by their ability to support proliferation and differentiation of blood cells of different lineages. ERYTHROPOIETIN and the COLONY-STIMULATING FACTORS belong to this family. Some of these factors have been studied and used in the treatment of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia, myelodysplastic syndromes, and bone marrow failure syndromes.

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  • Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factor
  • Hematopoietic-CGF
  • Hematopoietins
  • Hematopoietic CGF
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Stimulators
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell-Activating Factors

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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, urine.

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  • Growth Substances (1966-1990)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016298. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016298
  2. Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78316452