Leukopoiesis
"Leukopoiesis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The process of generating white blood cells (LEUKOCYTES) from the pluripotent HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS of the BONE MARROW. There are two significant pathways to generate various types of leukocytes: MYELOPOIESIS, in which leukocytes in the blood are derived from MYELOID STEM CELLS, and LYMPHOPOIESIS, in which leukocytes of the lymphatic system (LYMPHOCYTES) are generated from lymphoid stem cells.
| Descriptor ID |
D019891
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G04.299.151.825.597 G09.188.124.544.597
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