Growth Factor - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Growth Factor;

NCIt synonyms : Mitogen; Growth Agents; Growth Factors; Growth Factors, Proteins;

NCIt definition : Growth Factors are extracellular signaling molecules (ligands) involved in control of target cell proliferation, cell survival, and cell differentiation. (NCI);

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: Substances made by the body that function to regulate cell division and cell survival. Some growth factors are also produced in the laboratory and used in biological therapy.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000045705;

Details

Origin ID

C20424;

UMLS CUI

C0018284;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Mitogen [LOINC Challenge]
- growth factor [Blood Transfusion thesaurus concept]
- intercellular signaling peptides and proteins [MeSH Descriptor]
Biochemical function of gene products
- Activin [NCIt concept]
- Amphiregulin [NCIt concept]
- Beta-Thromboglobulin [NCIt concept]
- Betacellulin [NCIt concept]
- Colony Stimulating Factor [NCIt concept]
- Connective Tissue-Activating Peptide III [NCIt concept]
- Epigen [NCIt concept]
- Epiregulin [NCIt concept]
- Erythropoietin [NCIt concept]
- Fms-Related Tyrosine Kinase 3 Ligand [NCIt concept]
- Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor [NCIt concept]
- Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor [NCIt concept]
- Hematopoietic Growth Factor [NCIt concept]
- Hepatocyte Growth Factor [NCIt concept]
- Insulin-Like Growth Factor I [NCIt concept]
- Insulin-Like Growth Factor II [NCIt concept]
- Interleukin-3 [NCIt concept]
- Interleukin-5 [NCIt concept]
- Kit Ligand [NCIt concept]
- Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor 1 [NCIt concept]
- Met-Enkephalin [NCIt concept]
- Metalloproteinase Inhibitor 1 [NCIt concept]
- Neuregulin-1 [NCIt concept]
- Neuregulin-2 [NCIt concept]
- Neuregulin-3 [NCIt concept]
- Neurotrophin-3 [NCIt concept]
- Nodal Homolog [NCIt concept]
- Platelet-Derived Growth Factor [NCIt concept]
- Platelet-Derived Growth Factor-AA [NCIt concept]
- Platelet-Derived Growth Factor-AB [NCIt concept]
- Platelet-Derived Growth Factor-BB [NCIt concept]
- Pleiotrophin [NCIt concept]
- Proepiregulin [NCIt concept]
- Progranulin [NCIt concept]
- Thrombopoietin [NCIt concept]
- Transforming Growth Factor [NCIt concept]
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Family [NCIt concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- colony stimulating factors [ATC Code]
- growth factor, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- growth factors [MeSH concept]
- growth substances [MeSH Descriptor]
- mitogens [MeSH Descriptor]
- mitogens [MeSH concept]
False automatic mappings
- Growth factor (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein [UMLS semantic type]
- Biologically Active Substance [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Growth factor (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- growth factor, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- growth factors [MeSH concept]
concept_is_in_subset
- CTRP Biomarker Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Molecular Genetic Biomarker Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]
gene_encodes_gene_product
- Growth Factor Gene [NCIt concept]
gene_product_has_associated_anatomy
- Extracellular Space [NCIt concept]
gene_product_plays_role_in_biological_process
- Cell Proliferation Regulatory Process [NCIt concept]
- Receptor Signaling [NCIt concept]

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