loading...| Preferred Name |
mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue |
|
| Synonyms |
mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue epithelio-lymphoid tissue mucosal-associated lymphatic tissue mucosa associated lymphoid tissue mucosa associated lymphatic tissue mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue MALT |
|
| Definitions |
Diffuse system of small concentrations of lymphoid tissue found in various sites of the body such as the gastrointestinal tract, thyroid, breast, lung, salivary glands, eye, and skin[WP]. Mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue is typically found as nodules associated with mucosal epithelia with distinct internal structures including B- and T-zones for the activation of lymphocytes[GO]. |
|
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001961 |
|
| contains process | ||
| database_cross_reference |
NCIT:C12910 UMLS:C0599921 Wikipedia:Mucosa-associated_lymphoid_tissue FMA:62819 MA:0000140 |
|
| definition |
Diffuse system of small concentrations of lymphoid tissue found in various sites of the body such as the gastrointestinal tract, thyroid, breast, lung, salivary glands, eye, and skin[WP]. Mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue is typically found as nodules associated with mucosal epithelia with distinct internal structures including B- and T-zones for the activation of lymphocytes[GO]. |
|
| editor note |
todo - add part relationships to specific layers |
|
| has exact synonym |
mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue epithelio-lymphoid tissue mucosal-associated lymphatic tissue mucosa associated lymphoid tissue mucosa associated lymphatic tissue mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue MALT |
|
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
|
| id |
UBERON:0001961 |
|
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
|
| label |
mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue |
|
| notation |
UBERON:0001961 |
|
| overlaps | ||
| prefixIRI |
UBERON:0001961 |
|
| prefLabel |
mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue |
|
| RO_0002175 | ||
| subClassOf |