National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 21, 2019
Preferred Name

B-Lymphocyte

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12474

ALT_DEFINITION

A type of immune cell that makes proteins called antibodies, which bind to microorganisms and other foreign substances, and help fight infections. A B lymphocyte is a type of white blood cell.

code

C12474

DEFINITION

Immunologically important lymphocyte that is not thymus-dependent, is either short-lived and naive or long-lived and of memory phenotype, and resembles the bursa-derived lymphocyte of birds in that it is responsible for the production of immunoglobulins.

Display_Name

B-Lymphocyte

FULL_SYN

B-Cells

B-Lymphocytes

B Cells

B Cell

Bursa-Equivalent Lymphocyte

B Lymphocytes

Bursa-Dependent Lymphocyte

B lymphocyte

B-Cell

label

B-Lymphocyte

Legacy_Concept_Name

B-Lymphocyte

Preferred_Name

B-Lymphocyte

prefixIRI

C12474

prefLabel

B-Lymphocyte

Semantic_Type

Cell

UMLS_CUI

C0004561

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12535

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