<prompt> Which of the following cytokine act as a specific hematopoietic growth factor of Eosinophils?IL 2IL 4IL 5M CSF  <response>: Growth factors cause cells in one or more of the committed cell lines to proliferate and mature. IL 5 stimulates eosinophils specifically. IL 4 stimulates basophils. IL 1 and 3 stimulates erythrocyte, granulocyte, megakaryocyte and monocyte. Erythropoietin stimulates erythrocyte growth. G-CSF stimulates growth of granulocytes. GM-CSF stimulates growth of erythrocyte, granulocyte and megakaryocyte. M-CSF stimulates growth of monocyte. Thrombopoietin stimulates growth of megakaryocyte. Ref: Barrett K.E., Barman S.M., Boitano S., Brooks H.L. 2012. Chapter 3. Immunity, Infection, Inflammation. In K.E. Barrett, S.M. Barman, S. Boitano, H.L. Brooks Eds, Ganongs Review of Medical Physiology, 24e. 