glucagon-secreting cells

Preferred Label : glucagon-secreting cells;

MeSH definition : A type of pancreatic cell representing about 5-20% of the islet cells. Alpha cells secrete GLUCAGON.;

MeSH synonym : alpha cell, pancreatic; cell, glucagon-secreting; pancreatic a cell; pancreatic alpha cell; cells, glucagon-secreting; glucagon-secreting cell; alpha cells, pancreatic; pancreatic alpha cells; pancreatic a cells; glucagon secreting cells;

MeSH annotation : /transpl: do not routinely coordinate with ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION;

Details

Origin ID

D050416;

UMLS CUI

C0030280;

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)
- Glucagon-secreting cell [FMA entity]
- Type A cell of pancreatic islet [FMA entity]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Alpha Cell [NCIt concept]
- Alpha cell [FMA entity]
Record concept(s)
- Glucagon-Secreting cells [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Alpha Cell [NCIt concept]
- Alpha cell [FMA entity]
- Glucagon-secreting cell [FMA entity]
- Structure of alpha cell of islet (cell structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Type A cell of pancreatic islet [FMA entity]
- alpha cell of islet [SNOMED Notion]

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