Scavenger Receptors, Class A
"Scavenger Receptors, Class A" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A family of scavenger receptors that mediate the influx of LIPIDS into MACROPHAGES and are involved in FOAM CELL formation.
| Descriptor ID |
D051117
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.750.705.940.500 D12.776.543.750.710.450.750.500
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Scavenger Receptors, Class A".
- Chemicals and Drugs [D]
- Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
- Proteins [D12.776]
- Membrane Proteins [D12.776.543]
- Receptors, Cell Surface [D12.776.543.750]
- Receptors, Immunologic [D12.776.543.750.705]
- Receptors, Scavenger [D12.776.543.750.705.940]
- Scavenger Receptors, Class A [D12.776.543.750.705.940.500]
- Receptors, Lipoprotein [D12.776.543.750.710]
- Receptors, LDL [D12.776.543.750.710.450]
- Receptors, Scavenger [D12.776.543.750.710.450.750]
- Scavenger Receptors, Class A [D12.776.543.750.710.450.750.500]
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