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CFU-Meg
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Gives rise toMegakaryocytes and those to platelets
LocationBone marrow
FunctionColony forming unit
Identifiers
THH2.00.04.3.02013
Anatomical terms of microanatomy

CFU-Meg is a colony forming unit. Haematopoiesis in the bone marrow starts off from a haematopoietic stem cell (HSC) and this can differentiate into the myeloid and lymphoid cell lineages. In order to eventually produce a megakaryocyte, the haematopoietic stem cell must generate myeloid cells, so it becomes a common myeloid progenitor, CFU-GEMM. This in turn develops into CFU-Meg, which is the colony forming unit that leads to the production of megakaryocytes.[1][2][3]

Some sources prefer the term "CFU-Mega".[4]

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