AmiGO 2: Term Details for "maintenance of blood-brain barrier" (GO:0035633)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0035633
Name: maintenance of blood-brain barrier
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: maintenance of BBB, maintenance of blood/brain barrier
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Maintaining the structure and function of the blood-brain barrier, thus ensuring specific regulated transport of substances (e.g. macromolecules, small molecules, ions) into the brain, and out of the brain into the blood circulation. Source: PMID:20080302, GOC:bc, GOC:bf, GOC:aruk, PMID:30280653, GOC:sl
Comment: Homeostasis and maintenance processes are regulatory processes, therefore, regulation child terms, such as: regulation of maintenance of blood-brain barrier, should not exist for these terms. Instead, for capturing regulation at the blood-brain barrier, consider using the part_of child term: regulation of blood-brain barrier permeability.
History: See term history for GO:0035633 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to maintenance of blood-brain barrier (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to maintenance of blood-brain barrier (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for maintenance of blood-brain barrier (excluding "regulates").