Erythroblastic Island (Nurse Cell)

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Erythroblastic Island (Nurse Cell)

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Author: JOAO CONRADO SANTOS, MD,PhD; RODRIGO BRETAS EMERICH NOGUEIRA, MD; ANDREA DE GOES TRINDADE MELLO, MD
Category: Reactive Marrow > normal Hematopoietic cells – covered in atlas (additional examples can go here) > Erythroid maturation
Published Date: 09/18/2023

An erythroblastic island, consisting of a central macrophage, the "nurse cell", surrounded by basophilic and polychromatic erythroblasts. In this bone marrow microenviroment, erythorid precursors receive regulatory stimulus for development, iron for hemoglin production and are subject to nuclear extrusion.

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