Lymphoblast

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Lymphoblasts are immature lymphocyte which typically differentiate to form normal lymphocyte but which proliferate uncontrollably in leukemia. In speaking about leukemia, "blast" is the short name used for lymphoblasts.

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[Glossary L] note its definition:

lymphoblast: A lymphocyte that has gotten larger after being stimulated by an antigen. Lymphoblasts look like immature lymphocytes, and were once thought to be precursor cells.

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Pluripotential hemopoietic stem cells | Red blood cells (Reticulocyte, Normoblast) | White blood cells
Lymphocytes (Lymphoblast)
T cells (Cytotoxic, Helper, Regulatory T cells, Natural Killer T cells) | B cells (Plasma cells & Memory B cells) | Natural killer cells
Myelocytes (Myeloblast)
Granulocytes (Neutrophil granulocyte>Neutrophil, Eosinophil, Basophil) | Mast cell precursors | Monocytes (Histiocyte, Macrophages, Dendritic cells, Langerhans cells, Microglia, Kupffer cells, Osteoclasts) | Megakaryoblast | Megakaryocyte | Platelets

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