National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

IgM
Synonyms

Immunoglobulin M

IgM

Definitions

The major immunoglobulin secreted during a primary immune response. IgM binds with low affinity but high avidity (multiple binding sites) because it not only occurs as monomers but also as pentamers and hexamers.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C569

code

C569

Concept_In_Subset

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

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C142800

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

Contributing_Source

CTRP

DEFINITION

The major immunoglobulin secreted during a primary immune response. IgM binds with low affinity but high avidity (multiple binding sites) because it not only occurs as monomers but also as pentamers and hexamers.

Display_Name

IgM

FULL_SYN

Immunoglobulin M

IgM

label

IgM

Legacy Concept Name

IgM

Preferred_Name

IgM

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C569

Semantic_Type

Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein

Immunologic Factor

UMLS_CUI

C0020861

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C572

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