Desmosome - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Desmosome;

NCIt synonyms : Macula Adherens; Spot Desmosome; Desmosomes;

NCIt definition : Desmosomes are intercellular anchoring junctions that anchor intermediate filaments at membrane-associated plaques in adjoining cells. Desmosomes assemble in response to cell-cell contact and raised levels of extracellular calcium. Sensitivity to calcium levels is lost as desmosomes mature.;

Details

Origin ID

C13955;

UMLS CUI

C0011703;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Cell [NCIt concept]
- Cell Surface [NCIt concept]
- Epithelium [NCIt concept]
Associated anatomy of gene products
- Desmoglein-1 [NCIt concept]
- Desmoglein-2 [NCIt concept]
- Desmoglein-3 [NCIt concept]
- Desmoplakin [NCIt concept]
- Junction Plakoglobin [NCIt concept]
- Kelch-Like Protein 24 [NCIt concept]
- Plakophilin-2 [NCIt concept]
- p53 Apoptosis Effector Related to PMP-22 [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Desmosome [LOINC component]
Contains anatomical structure(s)
- Attachment Plaque [NCIt concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Desmosome [FMA entity]
- desmosome [SNOMED Notion]
- desmosomes [MeSH Descriptor]
- desmosomes [MeSH concept]
False automatic mappings
- Desmosome (cell structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- desmosome [GO term]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Desmosome [LOINC component]
- Desmosome [FMA entity]
- Desmosome (cell structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- desmosome [GO term]
- desmosome [SNOMED Notion]
- desmosomes [MeSH concept]
- desmosomes [MeSH Descriptor]

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