macrophages, alveolar

Preferred Label : macrophages, alveolar;

MeSH definition : Round, granular, mononuclear phagocytes found in the alveoli of the lungs. They ingest small inhaled particles resulting in degradation and presentation of the antigen to immunocompetent cells.;

MeSH synonym : alveolar macrophage; macrophage, pulmonary; pulmonary macrophages; macrophages, pulmonary; alveolar macrophages; macrophage, alveolar; pulmonary macrophage;

MeSH annotation : alveolar refers to pulm alveoli; A 11 qualif;

Details

Origin ID

D016676;

UMLS CUI

C0085236;

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)
- Alveolar macrophages [LOINC component]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Alveolar Macrophage [NCIt concept]
- Alveolar macrophage [FMA entity]
- Alveolar macrophage (cell) [SNOMED CT concept]
- alveolar macrophage [SNOMED Notion]
Indexing information
- smoker's inclusion bodies [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- macrophages, alveolar [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Alveolar Macrophage [NCIt concept]
- Alveolar macrophage [FMA entity]
- Alveolar macrophage (cell) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Alveolar macrophages [LOINC component]
- alveolar macrophage [SNOMED Notion]

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