Colony-Stimulating Factors

**Definition:** Glycoproteins found in a subfraction of normal mammalian plasma and urine. They stimulate the proliferation of bone marrow cells in agar cultures and the formation of colonies of granulocytes and/or macrophages. The factors include INTERLEUKIN-3; (IL-3); GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; (G-CSF); MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; (M-CSF); and GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; (GM-CSF).

**Tree numbers:** - D09.400.430.775 - D12.644.276.374.410.240 - D12.776.395.240 - D12.776.467.374.410.240 - D23.529.374.410.240

**Synonyms:** - Colony Stimulating Factor - Colony-Stimulating Factor - MGI-1 Protein - MGI-1 - Myeloid Cell-Growth Inducer