CFU-Eos

CFU-Eo is a colony forming unit that gives rise to eosinophils.^[1] Some sources prefer the term "CFU-Eos".^[2] It is also known as "hEoP".^[3]

CFU-Eos
Details
Gives rise to	Eosinophils
Location	Bone marrow
Function	colony forming unit
Identifiers
TH	H2.00.04.3.02010
Anatomical terms of microanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

References

1. Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease. St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. p. 621. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.
2. Pandit TS, Sikora L, Muralidhar G, Rao SP, Sriramarao P (November 2006). "Sustained exposure to nicotine leads to extramedullary hematopoiesis in the spleen". Stem Cells. 24 (11): 2373–81. doi:10.1634/stemcells.2005-0447. PMID 16825610. S2CID 19378416.
3. Mori Y, Iwasaki H, Kohno K, et al. (January 2009). "Identification of the human eosinophil lineage-committed progenitor: revision of phenotypic definition of the human common myeloid progenitor". J. Exp. Med. 206 (1): 183–93. doi:10.1084/jem.20081756. PMC 2626675. PMID 19114669.