AmiGO 2: Term Details for "foam cell differentiation" (GO:0090077)

Accession: GO:0090077
Name: foam cell differentiation
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The process in which a relatively unspecialized 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: None
History: See term history for GO:0090077 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to foam cell differentiation (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to foam cell differentiation (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for foam cell differentiation (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
foam cell differentiation	is_a	cell differentiation (GO:0030154)
foam cell differentiation	RO:0002315	foam cell (CL:0000891)

subject	relation	object
macrophage derived foam cell differentiation (GO:0010742)	is_a	foam cell differentiation
smooth muscle derived foam cell differentiation (GO:0090078)	is_a	foam cell differentiation

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