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granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor

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gran·u·lo·cyte-mac·ro·phage colony-stimulating factor   (grān'yə-lō-sīt'māk'rə-fāj')   
n.   Abbr. GMCSF
A naturally occurring protein that stimulates the production of granulocytes and macrophages by stem cells and is used as a drug by some immunosuppressed individuals.
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Main Entry: granulocyte–macrophage colony–stimulating factor
Function: noun
: a colony-stimulating factor produced by T cells, macrophages, endothelial cells,and fibroblasts that promotes the differentiation of bone marrow stem cells, stimulates the maturation of precursor cells into granulocytes and macrophages, and activates mature macrophages—abbreviation GM-CSF; —see SARGRAMOSTIM
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