Microvillus - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Microvillus;

NCIt definition : A finger-like projection of the plasma membrane found in epithelial cells that increases the surface area of the apical domain of the epithelium. It is comprised of plasma membrane that is supported by longitudinal actin filaments that are crosslinked by fimbrin and villin.;

Details

Origin ID

C33112;

UMLS CUI

C0026049;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Apical Domain of the Epithelium [NCIt concept]
- Cell [NCIt concept]
Associated anatomy of gene products
- Espin [NCIt concept]
- Podoplanin [NCIt concept]
- Sulfate Transporter [NCIt concept]
Contains anatomical structure(s)
- Striated Border [NCIt concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Microvillus [FMA entity]
- Microvillus (cell structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- microvilli [MeSH Descriptor]
- microvilli [MeSH concept]
- microvillus [SNOMED Notion]
False automatic mappings
- microvillus [GO term]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Microvillus [FMA entity]
- Microvillus (cell structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- layer of microvilli [UBERON concept]
- microvilli [MeSH Descriptor]
- microvilli [MeSH concept]
- microvillus [GO term]
- microvillus [SNOMED Notion]

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