Diagram including some of the important cytokines that determine which type of blood cell will be created.[1] SCF= Stem Cell Factor Tpo= Thrombopoietin IL= Interleukin GM-CSF= Granulocyte Macrophage-colony stimulating factor Epo= Erythropoietin M-CSF= Macrophage-colony stimulating factor G-CSF= Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor SDF-1= Stromal cell-derived factor-1 FLT-3 ligand= FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 ligand TNF-a = Tumor necrosis factor-alpha TGF? = Transforming growth factor beta.

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Diagram including some of the important cytokines that determine which type of blood cell will be created.[1] SCF= Stem Cell Factor Tpo= Thrombopoietin IL= Interleukin GM-CSF= Granulocyte Macrophage-colony stimulating factor Epo= Erythropoietin M-CSF= Macrophage-colony stimulating factor G-CSF= Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor SDF-1= Stromal cell-derived factor-1 FLT-3 ligand= FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 ligand TNF-a = Tumor necrosis factor-alpha TGF? = Transforming growth factor beta.



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