Vascular Smooth Muscle Tissue

Preferred Label : Vascular Smooth Muscle Tissue;

NCIt definition : Smooth muscle tissue found in the tunica media of blood vessels. It controls the diameter of blood vessels. Vascular smooth muscle tissue is autonomous and is in a partial state of contraction at all times.;

Details

Origin ID

C33853;

UMLS CUI

C1519956;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Blood Vessel [NCIt concept]
- Muscle [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- blood vessel smooth muscle [UBERON concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Tissue [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- blood vessel smooth muscle [UBERON concept]
is_normal_tissue_origin_of_disease
- Inferior Vena Cava Leiomyosarcoma [NCIt concept]
- Leiomyosarcoma of Vessels [NCIt concept]
- Pulmonary Artery Leiomyosarcoma [NCIt concept]
- Pulmonary Vein Leiomyosarcoma [NCIt concept]
- Renal Vein Leiomyosarcoma [NCIt concept]
- Superior Vena Cava Leiomyosarcoma [NCIt concept]
tissue_is_expression_site_of_gene_product
- H(+)/Cl(-) Exchange Transporter 5 [NCIt concept]
- Voltage-Dependent L-Type Calcium Channel Subunit Alpha-1C [NCIt concept]

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