Thymocyte - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Thymocyte;

NCIt synonyms : Thymocytes;

NCIt definition : A cell that develops in the thymus, seemingly from a stem cell of bone marrow and of fetal liver, and is the precursor of the thymus-derived lymphocyte (T lymphocyte) that effects cell-mediated (delayed type) sensitivity.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A type of immune cell that can attack foreign cells, cancer cells, and cells infected with a virus. Thymocytes can also help control immune responses. A thymocyte is a type of white blood cell.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000633949;

Details

Origin ID

C12994;

UMLS CUI

C0814999;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Lymphoid Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Thymic Lymphoid Tissue [NCIt concept]
Associated anatomy of gene products
- Nuclear Receptor ROR-Gamma T [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- T lymphocyte [FMA entity]
- Thymic lymphocyte (cell) [SNOMED CT concept]
- t lymphocyte [SNOMED Notion]
- t-lymphocytes [MeSH Descriptor]
- thymic lymphocyte [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- thymocytes [MeSH Descriptor]
- thymocytes [MeSH concept]
False automatic mappings
- Thymocyte [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Thymic lymphocyte (cell) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Thymocyte [FMA entity]
- thymic lymphocyte [SNOMED Notion]
- thymocytes [MeSH concept]
- thymocytes [MeSH Descriptor]
tissue_is_expression_site_of_gene_product
- Antigen-Presenting Glycoprotein CD1d [NCIt concept]
- Leukosialin [NCIt concept]
- T-Cell Surface Glycoprotein CD1a [NCIt concept]
- T-Cell Surface Glycoprotein CD1c [NCIt concept]
- T-Cell Surface Glycoprotein CD4 [NCIt concept]
- Tumor Necrosis Factor Ligand Superfamily Member 6 [NCIt concept]
- Tyrosine-Protein Phosphatase Non-Receptor Type 22 [NCIt concept]

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