Megakaryoblast

Megakaryoblast

A megakaryoblast is a precursor cell to a promegakaryocyte, which in turn becomes a megakaryocyte. It is the beginning of the thrombocytic series.

It derives from an CFU-Me colony unit of pluripotential hemopoietic stem cells.

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Blood cell lineage

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Plasma	Hematopoietic stem cells - Red blood cells (Reticulocyte, Normoblast) - White blood cells
Lymphoid	T cells: Cytotoxic CD8⁺, Helper CD4⁺/Regulatory, γδ, Natural Killer T cell B cells: Plasma, Memory Natural killer cells
Myeloid	Granulocytes (Neutrophil, Eosinophil, Basophil) - Mast cell precursors Dendritic cells (Langerhans cells) - Monocytes/Macrophages (Histiocytes, Kupffer cells, Langhans giant cells, Microglia, Osteoclasts) Megakaryoblast - Megakaryocyte - Platelets