Term Information

Feedback 
Accession
GO:0071872
Name
cellular response to epinephrine stimulus
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
cellular response to adrenaline stimulus
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell (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
See term history for GO:0071872 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
None
Subset
None
Include "regulates"
For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

Filter results

Loading...
pending...
View this term in QuickGO.

Graph of GO:0071872 from QuickGO

Additional external viewing options
Additional internal viewing options
Parents of cellular response to epinephrine stimulus (GO:0071872)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
cellular response to epinephrine stimulus [is_a relation] is_a  cellular response to chemical stimulus (GO:0070887)
cellular response to epinephrine stimulus [is_a relation] is_a  response to epinephrine (GO:0071871)
cellular response to epinephrine stimulus [RO:0004009 relation] RO:0004009  adrenaline (CHEBI:33568)

This term has no children.

GONUTS Add usage comments for this term on the GONUTS wiki.