In 1868, however, the German pathologist Ernst Neumann discovered immature
precursor cells in bone marrow, which turned out to be the actual site of blood cell formation, also known as hematopoiesis.
Not exact matches
In 2014, the FDA approved Amgen's BLINCYTO ® (blinatumumab), the first BiTE ® therapy to receive FDA approval, for the treatment of Philadelphia chromosome - negative relapsed or refractory B -
cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a rare and rapidly progressing cancer of the blood and
bone marrow.
All immune
cells come from «
precursor»
cells or stem
cells, located
in the
bone marrow.
His group defined a functional niche for B
cells (around sinusoids
in the
bone marrow), identified the first two mutants that abrogate marginal zone B lymphocyte development, developed the concept of a follicular versus marginal zone B lymphoid
cell - fate decision, and discovered two new defined stages of peripheral B
cell development, the marginal zone
precursor (MZP) B
cell, and the Follicular type II B
cell.