For 10 points, what is this set of processes and pathways that results in the terminal differentiation of progenitor cells into platelets, erythrocytes, lymphocytes, and other blood cells?
Retinoic acid modulates interleukin-5 receptor expression, which selectively inhibits differentiation of progenitor cells in this process. During fetal development, the extramedullary type of this process begins as yolk sac cells migrate to the liver, and growth factors that mediate this process include the colony stimulating factors filgrastim, sargramostim, and erythropoietin. Pluripotent stem cells are the progenitors of the myeloid and lymphoid lines while a third pathway results in the creation of megakaryocytes. In adults this process predominately occurs in the thymus and the red bone marrow. For 10 points, what is this set of processes and pathways that results in the terminal differentiation of progenitor cells into platelets, erythrocytes, lymphocytes, and other blood cells?
Retinoic acid modulates interleukin-5 receptor expression, which selectively inhibits differentiation of progenitor cells in this process.
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