Preferred Name

macrophage activating factor

Synonyms

MAF

Definitions

factors secreted by stimulated lymphocytes that prime macrophages to become nonspecifically cytotoxic to tumors and modulate the expression of macrophage cell surface Ia antigens; interferon-gamma is a macrophage activating factor, and other factors antigenically distinct from interferon-gamma have also been identified.

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/1553-6799

altLabel

MAF

cui

C0079786

definition

factors secreted by stimulated lymphocytes that prime macrophages to become nonspecifically cytotoxic to tumors and modulate the expression of macrophage cell surface Ia antigens; interferon-gamma is a macrophage activating factor, and other factors antigenically distinct from interferon-gamma have also been identified.

DID

1553-6799

Inverse of RB

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/1553-6593

Inverse of RO

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/4003-0030

notation

1553-6799

prefLabel

macrophage activating factor

tui

T109

T129

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/1553-6593

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