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Haptoglobins MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Haptoglobins
Tree Number(s)
D09.400.430.900.373
D12.776.124.050.300
D12.776.124.790.106.394
D12.776.377.715.085.394
D12.776.395.560.373
Unique ID
D006242
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006242
Annotation
alpha-globulins; acute phase proteins
Scope Note
Plasma glycoproteins that form a stable complex with hemoglobin to aid the recycling of heme iron. They are encoded in man by a gene on the short arm of chromosome 16.
Entry Term(s)
Haptoglobin
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2023/03/16
Haptoglobins Preferred
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