germinal center

Preferred Label : germinal center;

MeSH definition : The activated center of a lymphoid follicle in secondary lymphoid tissue where B-LYMPHOCYTES are stimulated by antigens and helper T cells (T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER) are stimulated to generate memory cells.;

MeSH synonym : center, germinal; centers, germinal; germinal centers;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germinal center;

Details

Origin ID

D018858;

UMLS CUI

C0282491;

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)
- Germinal center [ACR pathology]
- Secondary nodular lymphoid tissue [FMA entity]
- germinal center [UBERON concept]
- lymph node germinal center [UBERON concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Germinal Center [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- germinal center [MeSH concept]
See also
- b-lymphocytes [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Tissue [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Germinal Center [NCIt concept]
- Lymph Node Germinal Center [NCIt concept]
- Secondary nodular lymphoid tissue [FMA entity]
- Structure of germinal center of lymph node (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- germinal center [UBERON concept]
- germinal center of lymph node [SNOMED Notion]

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