immune system
Anatomical system that protects the body from foreign substances, cells, and tissues by producing the immune response and that includes especially the thymus, spleen, lymphoid tissue, lymphocytes including the B cells and T cells, and antibodies. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immune_system ]
Term info
- GAID:328
- XAO:0003152
- SCTID:362590003
- AAO:0011003
- TAO:0001159
- FMA:9825
- VHOG:0001247
- UMLS:C0020962 (ncithesaurus:Immune_System)
- Wikipedia:Immune_system
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvWNkm5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- BTO:0005810
- NCIT:C12735
- MESH:D007107
- MA:0002711
- ZFA:0001159
- BILA:0000104
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
The antibody-based immune system defined by the presence of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), T cell receptor (TCR), B cell receptor (BCR) or recombination activating genes (RAGs) is known beginning from jawed fishes.[well established][VHOG]
uberon
UBERON:0002405
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
Immune system
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606