Term Information

Accession
GO:0010744
Name
positive regulation of macrophage derived foam cell differentiation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
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Definition
Any process that increases the rate, frequency or extent of macrophage derived foam cell differentiation. Macrophage derived foam cell differentiation is the process in which a macrophage acquires the specialized features of a foam cell. A foam cell is a type of cell containing lipids in small vacuoles and typically seen in atherosclerotic lesions, as well as other conditions. Source: GOC:dph, GOC:tb, GOC:add
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0010744 at QuickGO
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Parents of positive regulation of macrophage derived foam cell differentiation (GO:0010744)
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positive regulation of macrophage derived foam cell differentiation [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  macrophage derived foam cell differentiation (GO:0010742)
positive regulation of macrophage derived foam cell differentiation [is_a relation] is_a  regulation of macrophage derived foam cell differentiation (GO:0010743)
positive regulation of macrophage derived foam cell differentiation [is_a relation] is_a  positive regulation of cell differentiation (GO:0045597)

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