mast cells - CISMeF

Preferred Label : mast cells;

MeSH definition : Granulated cells that are found in almost all tissues, most abundantly in the skin and the gastrointestinal tract. Like the BASOPHILS, mast cells contain large amounts of HISTAMINE and HEPARIN. Unlike basophils, mast cells normally remain in the tissues and do not circulate in the blood. Mast cells, derived from the bone marrow stem cells, are regulated by the STEM CELL FACTOR.;

MeSH synonym : basophil, tissue; tissue basophil; cell, mast; mast cell; basophils, tissue; tissue basophils; cells, mast;

MeSH annotation : MAST-CELL DISEASE see MASTOCYTOSIS is available;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mast cell;

Details

Origin ID

D008407;

UMLS CUI

C0024880;

Allowable qualifiers
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- cytology [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- transplantation [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Mast Cell Count [NCIt concept]
- Mast cells [LOINC component]
- mast cell [OBI concept]
- mast cell [COVID-19 Thesaurus concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Mast Cell [NCIt concept]
- Mast cell [FMA entity]
- Mast cell (cell) [SNOMED CT concept]
- mast cell [SNOMED Notion]
Indexing information
- chymase 2 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- mast cell protease 4 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- mast cell protease-like [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- mast cells [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- mastocytosis [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Mast Cell [NCIt concept]
- Mast cell [FMA entity]
- Mast cell (cell) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Mast cells [LOINC component]
- mast cell [SNOMED Notion]

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