Microglia - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Microglia;

NCIt synonyms : Microgliocyte; Microglial Cell; Hortega cell;

NCIt definition : A type of glial cell that mediates immune responses by clearing cellular debris and dead neurons from nervous tissue through phagocytosis.;

Details

Origin ID

C12616;

UMLS CUI

C0206116;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Immune System [NCIt concept]
- Nerve Tissue [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Microglial cell [FMA entity]
- Microgliocyte (cell) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Set of microglial cells [FMA entity]
- microgliocyte [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- microglia [MeSH Descriptor]
- microglia [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Microglial cell [FMA entity]
- Microgliocyte (cell) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Set of microglial cells [FMA entity]
- microglia [MeSH concept]
- microglia [MeSH Descriptor]
- microgliocyte [SNOMED Notion]
concept_is_in_subset
- CTRP Biomarker Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]

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