colony-stimulating factor
noun
col·o·ny-stim·u·lat·ing factor
ˈkä-lə-nē-ˈstim-yə-ˈlā-tiŋ 
: any of several glycoproteins that promote the differentiation of stem cells especially into blood granulocytes and macrophages and that stimulate their proliferation into colonies in culture
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Giving mice a drug that blocked the critical protein colony-stimulating factor 1, which microglia need to survive, was shown to remove around 90 percent of microglia in the brain.
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Jason Ulrich, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2021
Otilimab is a monoclonal antibody against the granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor, or GM-CSF, which stimulates the production of white blood cells.
—Matthew Herper, STAT, 27 Feb. 2021
The virus, called T-VEC, produces a substance called granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor.
—Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 Sep. 2017
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Jason Ulrich, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2021
Otilimab is a monoclonal antibody against the granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor, or GM-CSF, which stimulates the production of white blood cells.
—Matthew Herper, STAT, 27 Feb. 2021
The virus, called T-VEC, produces a substance called granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor.
—Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 Sep. 2017
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colony-stimulating factor
noun
col·o·ny-stim·u·lat·ing factor
-ˌstim-yə-ˌlāt-iŋ-
: any of several glycoproteins that promote the differentiation of stem cells especially into blood granulocytes and macrophages and that stimulate their proliferation into colonies in culture see granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interleukin-3, macrophage colony-stimulating factor
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