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MeSH Heading: Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts
Tree Number(s): A11.329.228.105
Unique ID: D000072645
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000072645
Scope Note: Subpopulation of heterogeneous fibroblasts within the TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT that support NEOPLASTIC CELL TRANSFORMATION and NEOPLASTIC PROCESSES.
Entry Term(s): Cancer Associated Fibroblasts; Tumor-Associated Fibroblasts
Previous Indexing: Fibroblasts (1999-2016); Tumor Microenvironment (2010-2016)
Public MeSH Note: 2017
History Note: 2017
Date Established: 2017/01/01
Date of Entry: 2016/06/29
Revision Date: 2016/06/10

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts MeSH Descriptor Data 2023