myeloid

Myeloid

The term myeloid refers to a substance that originates in the bone marrow, or resembles the material of this marrow.

When describing hematopoiesis, the terms "lymphoid" and "myeloid" are often used to distinguish between cells from the marrow and the fate of which is lymphocytic or not. This terminology is often found in hematology, especially in the classification of leukemias.

It should not be confused with "myelin", which is an insulating layer covering the axons of a large number of neurons.

The myeloid line is the lineage of white blood cells (with the exception of lymphocytes, lymphoid lineage), i.e. monocytes (macrophages, dendritic cells and osteoclasts) and granulocytes (neutrophils, Basophils and eosinophils), including of course all their immature precursors of bone marrow.

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