recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-016418",
  "term": "recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A recombinant therapeutic agent which is chemically identical to or similar to the endogenous cytokine granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF). Secreted by monocytes, macrophages and neutrophils and other cells after activation, G-CSF stimulates the proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic progenitor cells committed to the neutrophil/ granulocyte lineage.",
  "abbreviation": "rhG-CSF",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/recombinant-human-granulocyte-colony-stimulating-factor/"
}