The Biomarker Ontology

Last uploaded: June 3, 2024
Preferred Name

Adipokines
Synonyms

adipokine

Definitions

Polypeptides produced by the ADIPOCYTES. They include LEPTIN; ADIPONECTIN; RESISTIN; and many cytokines of the immune system, such as TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN-6; and COMPLEMENT FACTOR D (also known as ADIPSIN). They have potent autocrine, paracrine, and endocrine functions.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OMIT_0025787

definition

Polypeptides produced by the ADIPOCYTES. They include LEPTIN; ADIPONECTIN; RESISTIN; and many cytokines of the immune system, such as TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN-6; and COMPLEMENT FACTOR D (also known as ADIPSIN). They have potent autocrine, paracrine, and endocrine functions.

definition_source

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68054392

fromOldVersion

yes

hasExactSynonym

adipokine

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/omit.owl

label

Adipokines

note

Polypeptides produced by the ADIPOCYTES. They include LEPTIN; ADIPONECTIN; RESISTIN; and many cytokines of the immune system, such as TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN-6; and COMPLEMENT FACTOR D (also known as ADIPSIN). They have potent autocrine, paracrine, and endocrine functions.

preferred label

Adipokines

prefixIRI

OMIT:0025787

prefLabel

Adipokines

textual definition

Polypeptides produced by the ADIPOCYTES. They include LEPTIN; ADIPONECTIN; RESISTIN; and many cytokines of the immune system, such as TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN-6; and COMPLEMENT FACTOR D (also known as ADIPSIN). They have potent autocrine, paracrine, and endocrine functions.

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_16670

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