Corticosteroid effect on murine hemopoietic precursor cells in vivo
E Niskanen and J Squires
The effect of methylprednisolone on murine hemopoietic colony formation in
diffusion chambers implanted in mice was evaluated. A dose-dependent
increase in granulocytic colony (CFU-DG) formation from murine marrow was
observed. This effect could be abrogated by administration of progesterone.
These studies suggest that the murine early granulocytic precursors
(CFU-DG) have receptors that mediate proliferation-promoting signals
triggered by glucocorticoids. Erythroid colony formation (CFU- DE) was not
effected by methylprednisolone administration.
Volume 57,
Issue 6,
pp. 1138-1139,
06/01/1981
Copyright © 1981 by The American Society of Hematology