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MeSH Heading: Foam Cells
Tree Number(s): A11.329.372.368; A11.627.482.368; A11.733.397.368; A15.382.670.522.368; A15.382.680.397.368
Unique ID: D005487
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005487
Scope Note: Lipid-laden macrophages originating from monocytes or from smooth muscle cells.
Previous Indexing: Macrophages (1966-1976)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under MACROPHAGES 1977-90
History Note: 91(77); was see under MACROPHAGES 1977-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1976/04/16
Revision Date: 2018/06/30

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)

Foam Cells MeSH Descriptor Data 2025