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response to epinephrine

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Accession
GO:0071871
Name
response to epinephrine
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
response to adrenaline stimulus, response to epinephrine stimulus
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of an epinephrine stimulus. Epinephrine is a catecholamine that has the formula C9H13NO3; it is secreted by the adrenal medulla to act as a hormone, and released by certain neurons to act as a neurotransmitter active in the central nervous system. Source: GOC:BHF, GOC:mah
Comment
Note that epinephrine and norepinephrine are ligands for the same receptors, and there are multiple adrenergic receptors.
History
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Chem. react.
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Subset
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Parents of response to epinephrine (GO:0071871)
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response to epinephrine [RO:0004009 relation] RO:0004009  adrenaline (CHEBI:33568)
response to epinephrine [is_a relation] is_a  response to chemical (GO:0042221)
Children of response to epinephrine (GO:0071871)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
cellular response to epinephrine stimulus (GO:0071872) [is_a relation] is_a  response to epinephrine
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