spleen lymphoid follicle
The area of the white pulp where the affinity maturation of B cells and the generation of memory B cells and plasma cells occur. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/6 MP:0008470 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_tm ]
Synonyms: lymphoid follicle of spleen, splenic B cell follicle, Malpighian body, spleen lymphoid follicle, lymphoid nodule of spleen, spleen B cell follicle, lymphatic follicle of spleen, splenic lymphoid follicle, splenic lymphatic follicle
Term info
- EMAPA:35804
- NCIT:C33602
- MA:0002672
- SCTID:35845000
- UMLS:C1519475 (ncithesaurus:Splenic_Lymphoid_Follicle)
pheno_slim
https://github.com/cmungall, https://github.com/tmeehan
spleen lymphoid nodule
UBERON:0003969
uberon
UBERON:0001249
Lymphoid nodule of spleen
Term relations
- lymphoid follicle
- mesoderm-derived structure
- part of some white pulp of spleen
- part of some non-lymphatic part of lymphoid system
- contains process some memory B cell differentiation
- contributes to morphology of some white pulp of spleen