Peroxisome Proliferation

Preferred Label : Peroxisome Proliferation;

NCIt definition : Associated with hepatocellular carcinomas, Peroxisome Proliferation occurs in epigenetic non-genotoxic responses of hepatocytes to diverse peroxisome proliferator chemicals and involves, probably by a steroid superfamily receptor-based mechanism (PPARs), altered expression of cellular growth and/or differentiation genes, induction of peroxisomal enzymes, and possibly oxidative stress.;

Details

Origin ID

C18933;

UMLS CUI

C1519020;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- peroxisome proliferators [MeSH concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- peroxisome fission [GO term]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- peroxisome proliferators [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell Function [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- peroxisome fission [GO term]
biological_process_has_associated_location
- Cytoplasm [NCIt concept]

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