Glycosaminoglycan

Preferred Label : Glycosaminoglycan;

NCIt synonyms : GAG; Mucopolysaccharide;

NCIt definition : Linear polysaccharides composed of disaccharide repeating units of glycosamine-glycans, two monosaccharide units (hexosamine and the repeating disaccharide of either hexuronate or galactose) located on the surface of cells or in the extracellular matrix contributing to adhesion, elasticity, and viscosity of extracellular substances.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A type of long, unbranched polysaccharide molecule. Glycosaminoglycans are major structural components of cartilage and are also found in the cornea of the eye.;

ChEBI ID : CHEBI:18085;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000044206;

Details

Origin ID

C28153;

UMLS CUI

C0017973;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Glycosaminoglycans measurement (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- mucopolysaccharides [IUPAC Term]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Glycosaminoglycan [FMA entity]
- Glycosaminoglycans [LOINC component]
- Mucopolysaccharide (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- glycosaminoglycan [IUPAC Term]
- glycosaminoglycans [MeSH Descriptor]
- glycosaminoglycans [MeSH concept]
- mucopolysaccharide, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Biologically Active Substance [UMLS semantic type]
- Organic Chemical [UMLS semantic type]
- Pharmacologic Substance [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Glycosaminoglycan [FMA entity]
- Glycosaminoglycans [LOINC component]
- Mucopolysaccharide (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- glycosaminoglycan [IUPAC Term]
- glycosaminoglycans [MeSH concept]
- glycosaminoglycans [MeSH Descriptor]
- mucopolysaccharide, nos [SNOMED Notion]
concept_is_in_subset
- CTRP Biomarker Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NCI Drug Dictionary Terminology [NCIt concept]

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