Stratified Squamous Epithelium

Preferred Label : Stratified Squamous Epithelium;

NCIt definition : Epithelium consisting of multiple layers of cells that are flattened and more cuboidal toward the base. Its function is protection. Outer layers may be dead and hardened (keratinized) such as with skin or on top of wet, mucous surfaces such as the cornea;

Details

Origin ID

C13180;

UMLS CUI

C0836131;

Associated anatomy of gene products
- Collagen Alpha-1(VII) Chain [NCIt concept]
- Type VII Collagen [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- stratified squamous epithelium [UBERON concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Stratified squamous epithelium [FMA entity]
- stratified squamous epithelium [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Tissue [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Stratified squamous epithelium [FMA entity]
- stratified squamous epithelium [Radlex concept]
- stratified squamous epithelium [UBERON concept]
tissue_is_expression_site_of_gene_product
- Collagen Alpha-1(XVII) Chain [NCIt concept]
- Galectin-7 [NCIt concept]
- Involucrin [NCIt concept]

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