National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell

Synonyms

Professional Type I Interferon-Producing Cell

Plasmacytoid Monocyte

Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell

PDCs

pDC

Definitions

A cell found in peripheral blood, lymphoid tissue, and some inflamed tissue. It produces vast amounts of type I interferons especially in response to viruses, therefore playing an important role in antiviral immunity and triggers for adaptive immune responses.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C45236

code

C45236

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C142799

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977

Contributing_Source

CTRP

DEFINITION

A cell found in peripheral blood, lymphoid tissue, and some inflamed tissue. It produces vast amounts of type I interferons especially in response to viruses, therefore playing an important role in antiviral immunity and triggers for adaptive immune responses.

Display_Name

Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell

FULL_SYN

Professional Type I Interferon-Producing Cell

Plasmacytoid Monocyte

Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell

PDCs

pDC

label

Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell

Legacy Concept Name

Plasmacytoid_Dendritic_Cell_Precursor

Preferred_Name

Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C45236

Semantic_Type

Cell

UMLS_CUI

C1956385

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12583

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