Preferred Label : Tumor Necrosis Factor Signaling Process;
NCIt synonyms : Tumor Necrosis Factor Activation;
NCIt definition : Any process which promotes expression of tumor necrosis factors, their subsequent
secretion, binding to cognate receptors and intracellular signaling, and results in
promoting insulin resistance, fever and macrophage phagocytosis, stimulating the hypothalmic-pituitary-adrenal
axis and acute phase responses, and suppressing appetite. This process is involved
in coordinating systemic responses to pathogenic infection.;
Origin ID : C40589;
UMLS CUI : C1519684;
- Semantic type(s)
- biological_process_involves_gene_product
- process_involves_gene