CFU-Meg

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]

CFU-Meg
Details
Gives rise to	Megakaryocytes and those to platelets
Location	Bone marrow
Function	Colony forming unit
Identifiers
TH	H2.00.04.3.02013
Anatomical terms of microanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

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

See also

• Thrombopoietin