Term Information

Accession
GO:0090077
Name
foam cell differentiation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell 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:BHF, GOC:add
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0090077 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of foam cell differentiation (GO:0090077)
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foam cell differentiation [is_a relation] is_a  cell differentiation (GO:0030154)
Children of foam cell differentiation (GO:0090077)
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smooth muscle derived foam cell differentiation (GO:0090078) [is_a relation] is_a  foam cell differentiation
macrophage derived foam cell differentiation (GO:0010742) [is_a relation] is_a  foam cell differentiation
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