Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0143630
CSP: expressed during embryogenesis and provides key signal in multiple aspects of mast cell differentiation and function; hematopoietic growth factor and ligand of c-kit receptor CD117.,MSH: A hematopoietic growth factor and the ligand of the cell surface c-kit protein (PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT). It is expressed during embryogenesis and is a growth factor for a number of cell types including the MAST CELLS and the MELANOCYTES in addition to the HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS.,NCI: A substance that causes blood stem cells (cells from which other types of cells develop) to change into different types of blood cells and increases the number and actions of these cells in the blood. Kit ligand is a type of cytokine and a type of growth factor.,NCI: Stem Cell Factor is a hematopoietic growth factor, a key signal in mast cell differentiation and function, and a ligand for the KIT tyrosine kinase receptor CD117. In the mouse, this growth factor is encoded by Sl ('steel'), a gene critical to the development of several