PROGENITOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does progenitor mean? 

• PROGENITOR (noun)
  The noun PROGENITOR has 1 sense:

1. an ancestor in the direct line

  Familiarity information: PROGENITOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROGENITOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ancestor in the direct line

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

primogenitor; progenitor

Hypernyms ("progenitor" is a kind of...):

ancestor; antecedent; ascendant; ascendent; root (someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "progenitor"):

genitor (a natural father or mother)

 Context examples 

The allele also plays a role in CD34 myeloid progenitor cell proliferation.

(CCL14 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes hematopoietic progenitor cell antigen CD34 immunoprotein, is involved in hematopoiesis and may mediate bone marrow extracellular matrix or stroma scaffold interactions.

(CD34 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The ligands of this receptor include macrophage inflammatory protein 1 alpha (MIP-1 alpha), regulated on activation normal T expressed and secreted protein (RANTES), monocyte chemoattractant protein 3 (MCP-3), and myeloid progenitor inhibitory factor-1 (MPIF-1).

(Chemokine (C-C Motif) Receptor 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Derived from the C3H progenitor strain that was passed to Heston in 1941 and to Jackson Lab in 1947.

(C3H/HeJ Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)

Derived from these myeloid progenitor cells are the ERYTHROID PROGENITOR CELLS and the MYELOID CELLS (MONOCYTES and GRANULOCYTES).

(Bone Marrow Myeloid Stem Cell, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An immunoconjugate comprised of an anti-CD19 monoclonal antibody conjugated with Genistein selectively targeting B-lineage progenitor cells and inhibiting protein tyrosine kinase, causing apoptosis.

(B43-Genistein Immunoconjugate, NCI Thesaurus)

HSCs can also differentiate into common lymphoid progenitors (CLPs), which are the progenitors of lymphocytes such as T cells and B cells.

(Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

A population of cells or organisms that are identifiable by specific, shared characteristics and presumed to have originated from a single progenitor.

(Clonal Subgroup, NCI Thesaurus)

Similar to endogenous G-CSF, this agent binds to and activates specific cell surface receptors, stimulating neutrophil progenitor proliferation and differentiation and selected neutrophil functions.

(Pegylated Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor MAXY-G34, NCI Thesaurus)

An immature (progenitor) cell circulating in the peripheral blood.

(Peripheral Blood Stem Cell, NCI Thesaurus)