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loading...| Preferred Name | Cytokine Gene | |
| Synonyms |
Cytokine Gene |
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| Definitions |
Cytokines are soluble glycoproteins released by cells of the immune system, which act nonenzymatically through specific receptors to regulate immune responses. Cytokines resemble hormones in that they act at low concentrations and bind with high affinity to a specific receptor. |
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http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C21550 |
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| code |
C21550 |
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| DEFINITION |
Cytokines are soluble glycoproteins released by cells of the immune system, which act nonenzymatically through specific receptors to regulate immune responses. Cytokines resemble hormones in that they act at low concentrations and bind with high affinity to a specific receptor. |
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| FULL_SYN |
Cytokine Gene |
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| Gene_Encodes_Product |
Cytokine |
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| label |
Cytokine Gene |
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Cytokine_Gene |
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| Preferred_Name |
Cytokine Gene |
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C21550 |
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| Semantic_Type |
Gene or Genome |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C1333196 |
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