Term Information

Accession
GO:0090078
Name
smooth muscle derived foam cell differentiation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
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Alternate IDs
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Definition
The process in which a smooth muscle 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
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History
See term history for GO:0090078 at QuickGO
Subset
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smooth muscle derived foam cell differentiation [is_a relation] is_a  foam cell differentiation (GO:0090077)

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