Preferred Label : Eicosanoid Modulation;
NCIt definition : Eicosanoid Modulation involves a change in the quality of the existing state of activity
of hormone-like endogenous unsaturated and oxygenated fatty acid derivatives of arachidonic
acid (eicosanoids) that act near the site of synthesis and have a specific regulatory
effect on the activity of target cells in host defense reactions, immediate hypersensitivity,
and inflammation. Eicosanoids include prostaglandins, leukotrienes, thromboxanes,
and hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid compounds.;
Origin ID : C40647;
UMLS CUI : C1512178;
Semantic type(s)
biological_process_involves_gene_product
process_involves_gene