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A promonocyte (or premonocyte) is a cell arising from a
monoblast Monoblasts are the committed progenitor cells that differentiated from a committed macrophage or dendritic cell precursor (MDP) in the process of hematopoiesis. They are the first developmental stage in the monocyte series leading to a macrophage ...
and developing into a
monocyte Monocytes are a type of leukocyte or white blood cell. They are the largest type of leukocyte in blood and can differentiate into macrophages and conventional dendritic cells. As a part of the vertebrate innate immune system monocytes also inf ...
.


See also

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Pluripotential hemopoietic stem cell Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are the stem cells that give rise to other blood cells. This process is called haematopoiesis. In vertebrates, the very first definitive HSCs arise from the ventral endothelial wall of the embryonic aorta within t ...


Additional images

Image:Hematopoiesis (human) diagram en.svg, Hematopoiesis Image:Promonocyte.png, Schematic image of a promonocyte


External links


"Monocyte Development" at tulane.edu


* - "Bone marrow smear"

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