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Descriptor English: APUD Cells
Descriptor Spanish: Células APUD
Descriptor células APUD
Scope note: Células que poseen la capacidad de incorporar y descarboxilar los precursores de aminas DIHIDROXIFENILALANINA o 5-HIDROXITRIPTÓFANO. Se trata de una propiedad de las células endocrinas de origen neural y no neural. El término APUDOMA es un término genérico amplicado colectivamente para los tumores asociados con células APUD.
Descriptor Portuguese: Células APUD
Descriptor French: Cellules APUD
Entry term(s): APUD Cell
Amine Precursor Uptake and Decarboxylation Cells
Cell, APUD
Cells, APUD
Tree number(s): A11.382.249
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001078
Scope note: Cells with the capacity to take up and decarboxylate the amine precursors DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE or 5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN. This is a property of endocrine cells of neural and non-neural origin. APUDOMA is a general term collectively applied to tumors associated with APUD cells.
Annotation: named APUD from Amine Precursor Uptake & Decarboxylation; use term only when used by author
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 78
History Note: 78
Related: Enteroendocrine Cells MeSH
DeCS ID: 1085
Unique ID: D001078
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Date Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/04/27
Revision Date: 2015/06/22
APUD Cells - Preferred
Concept UI M0001632
Scope note Cells with the capacity to take up and decarboxylate the amine precursors DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE or 5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN. This is a property of endocrine cells of neural and non-neural origin. APUDOMA is a general term collectively applied to tumors associated with APUD cells.
Preferred term APUD Cells
Entry term(s) APUD Cell
Amine Precursor Uptake and Decarboxylation Cells
Cell, APUD
Cells, APUD



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