Monoblast

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Monoblasts are normally found in bone marrow and do not appear in the normal peripheral blood. They mature into monocytes which in turn develop into macrophages.

Contents 1 Structure 2 Maturation 3 Additional images 4 See also

[edit] Structure

A typical monoblast is about 12 to 20 µm in diameter, has a nuclear to cytoplasm ration of 4:1 to 3:1, and, like most myeloid blasts, has a round to oval nucleus with fine chromatin structure. One to four nucleoli are usually visible. The nucleus can be central or eccentric and it can show evidence of indentation or folding. The cytoplasm is agranular, stains moderately to lightly basophilic, and often has an intensely stained periphery and a prominent perinuclear zone.

[edit] Maturation

The monoblast is the first stage of monocyte-macrophage maturation. The developmental stages of the monoblast are: CFU-GM (pluripotential hemopoietic stem cell or hemocytoblast) -> monoblast -> promonocyte -> monocyte-> macrophage.

[edit] Additional images

Blood cell lineage

Hematopoiesis

[edit] See also

• Monocyte
• Macrophage
• Agranulocyte
• White blood cell

v • d • e Blood
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