Enterochromaffin Cell

Preferred Label : Enterochromaffin Cell;

NCIt synonyms : EC Cell; Enterochromaffin Cells; Enterochromaffin;

NCIt definition : The most abundant and widely distributed type of enteroendocrine cell found in the gastrointestinal tract. It is characterized by serotonin production and an affinity to binding silver and chromium salts.;

NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL449028;

Details

Origin ID

C12575;

UMLS CUI

C0014355;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Digestive System [NCIt concept]
- Endocrine System [NCIt concept]
- Epithelial Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Neuroendocrine Tissue [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Argentaffin cell [FMA entity]
- Enteroendocrine cell [FMA entity]
- embryonal carcinoma stem cells [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- enterochromaffin cells [MeSH Descriptor]
- enterochromaffin cells [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Argentaffin cell [FMA entity]
- argentaffin cells, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- enterochromaffin cells [MeSH concept]
- enterochromaffin cells [MeSH Descriptor]

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