Planteome: Term Details for "mast cell homeostasis" (GO:0033023)

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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
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to mast cell homeostasis.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to mast cell homeostasis.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for mast cell homeostasis.
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