In: Anatomy and Physiology
What happens in lymphopoiesis in embryonic and adult stages of development. Alongside the key steps in each stage, also mention some influencing factors relating to its development
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Lymphopoiesis :Lymphopoiesis refers to the process by which the cellular components of the immune system (i.e., T cells, B cells, and natural killer cells, and certain dendritic cells) are produced during hematopoietic differentiation. This process begins with the hematopoietic stem cell and continues through progenitor stages down a series of mostly diverging lineage pathways, ultimately resulting in the remarkable diversity and flexibility of the immune system
Stages :
.pHSC pluripotent, self-renewing, hematopoietic stem cells which give rise to.
.MPP multipotent progenitors, which give rise to.
.ELP (or PRO) Prolymphocytes, early lymphoid progenitors, and finally to the.
.CLP Common lymphoid progenitor, a cell type fully committed to the lymphoid lineage.
The CLP is the transit cell responsible for these (generally parallel) stages of development, below:
.NK cells
.Dendritic cell
.Progenitor B cells
.Pro-B cells => Early Pro (or pre-pre)-B cells => Late Pro (or pre-pre)-B cells
.Large Pre-B cells => Small Pre-B cells
.Immature B cell
.Plasma cell and b cell