mononuclear phagocyte system

Preferred Label : mononuclear phagocyte system;

MeSH definition : Mononuclear cells with pronounced phagocytic ability that are distributed extensively in lymphoid and other organs. It includes MACROPHAGES and their precursors; PHAGOCYTES; KUPFFER CELLS; HISTIOCYTES; DENDRITIC CELLS; LANGERHANS CELLS; and MICROGLIA. The term mononuclear phagocyte system has replaced the former reticuloendothelial system, which also included less active phagocytic cells such as fibroblasts and endothelial cells. (From Illustrated Dictionary of Immunology, 2d ed.);

MeSH synonym : system, mononuclear phagocyte; phagocyte system, mononuclear; reticuloendothelial system; system, reticuloendothelial;

Details

Origin ID

D012157;

UMLS CUI

C0035287;

ATC code(s)
- hepatic and reticulo endothelial system [ATC Code]
- other hepatic and reticulo endothelial system diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals [ATC Code]
Allowable qualifiers
- abnormalities [MeSH Qualifier]
- anatomy and histology [MeSH Qualifier]
- blood supply [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- cytology [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- growth and development [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- injuries [MeSH Qualifier]
- innervation [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Mononuclear phagocyte system [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Mononuclear phagocyte system [FMA entity]
- Mononuclear phagocyte system structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Reticuloendothelial System [NCIt concept]
- Reticuloendothelial system [ICHI extension code]
- Structure of reticuloendothelial system (body structure) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- reticuloendothelial system [UBERON concept]
- reticuloendothelial system, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Record concept(s)
- mononuclear phagocyte system [MeSH concept]
See also
- histiocytes [MeSH Descriptor]
- kupffer cells [MeSH Descriptor]
- macrophages [MeSH Descriptor]
- phagocytes [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Body System [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Mononuclear phagocyte system [FMA entity]
- Reticuloendothelial System [NCIt concept]
- Structure of reticuloendothelial system (body structure) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- reticuloendothelial system [UBERON concept]
- reticuloendothelial system, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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