Preferred Label : Cobblestone Area-Forming Cells;
NCIt synonyms : Cobblestone Forming Units; CAFC; Cobble Stone Area-Forming Cells;
NCIt definition : The number of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) that migrate between or beneath a co-cultured
feeder cell layer and become trapped. When HSCs are cultured with a feeder layer and
observed using phase contrast microscopy, the trapped cells appear less spherical
and less refractile than the HSCs that are floating loosely on top of the feeder layer.;
Origin ID : C113240;
UMLS CUI : C3827026;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
