insulin-secreting cells

Preferred Label : insulin-secreting cells;

MeSH definition : A type of pancreatic cell representing about 50-80% of the islet cells. Beta cells secrete INSULIN.;

MeSH synonym : b cell, pancreatic; insulin-secreting cell; beta cell, pancreatic; pancreatic beta cell; cell, insulin-secreting; cells, insulin-secreting; beta cells, pancreatic; pancreatic b cells; b cells, pancreatic; pancreatic b cell; pancreatic beta cells; insulin secreting cells;

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

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

Details

Origin ID

D050417;

UMLS CUI

C0030281;

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]
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- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
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- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Type B cell of pancreatic islet [FMA entity]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Beta Cell [NCIt concept]
- Beta cell [FMA entity]
Record concept(s)
- Insulin-Secreting cells [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Beta Cell [NCIt concept]
- Beta cell [FMA entity]
- Structure of beta cell of islet (cell structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Type B cell of pancreatic islet [FMA entity]
- beta cell of islet [SNOMED Notion]

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