Term Information

Accession
GO:0033023
Name
mast cell homeostasis
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The process of regulating the proliferation and elimination of mast cells such that the total number of mast cells within a whole or part of an organism is stable over time in the absence of an outside stimulus. Source: GOC:add, PMID:11292031
Comment
Note that this term represents the return of mast cell levels to stable numbers following an immune response as well as the proliferation and elimination of mast cells required to maintain stable numbers in the absence of an outside stimulus.
History
See term history for GO:0033023 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of mast cell homeostasis (GO:0033023)
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mast cell homeostasis [is_a relation] is_a  leukocyte homeostasis (GO:0001776)
mast cell homeostasis [is_a relation] is_a  myeloid cell homeostasis (GO:0002262)
Children of mast cell homeostasis (GO:0033023)
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mast cell apoptotic process (GO:0033024) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  mast cell homeostasis
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