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Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor
(
G-CSF
or
GCSF
), also known as
colony-stimulating factor 3
(
CSF 3
), is a
glycoprotein
that stimulates the
bone marrow
to produce
granulocytes
and
stem cells
and release them into the
bloodstream
. Functionally, it is a
cytokine
and
hormone
, a type of
colony-stimulating factor
, and is produced by a number of different
tissues
. The
pharmaceutical
analogs of naturally occurring G-CSF are called
filgrastim
and
lenograstim
.
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