Cigarette Smoke Exposure Ontology

Last uploaded: July 10, 2014
Preferred Name

Mesangium
Synonyms
ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#Mesangium

DEFINITION

A thin membrane in the central part of the renal glomerulus between capillaries. It helps to support the capillary loops in the glomerulus. Mesangial cells are phagocytic and for the most part separated from capillary lumina by endothelial cells.

isDefinedBy

A thin membrane in the central part of the renal glomerulus between capillaries. It helps to support the capillary loops in the glomerulus. Mesangial cells are phagocytic and for the most part separated from capillary lumina by endothelial cells.

label

Mesangium

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:Mesangium

prefLabel

Mesangium

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#Renal_Tissue

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