Terminology Service for NFDI4Health

Peyer's patch

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the protruding lymphoid tissue located on the mucosa of the intestine that is composed of densely packed B cell follicles [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15841100 ]

Term info

Label

Peyer's patch

Synonyms
  • noduli lymphoidei aggregati
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

latin term
noduli lymphoidei aggregati

external ontology notes

FMA has [set of?] [aggregated,small] lymphoid [follice,nodule] of [colon, SI, I, etc], Pp is a syn for Aggregated lymphoid follicle of small intestine; but MA uses Pp as covering both SI and LI. MA also includes follicle as a part. WP says duodenum and jejunum lack PPs

has related synonym

Peyers patch, aggregated lymphoid nodule, Peyers gland, aggregated lymphoid follicle of intestine

id

UBERON:0001211

taxon notes

Reptiles have accumulations of lymphocytes in their guts that may be primitive Peyer's patches (Zapata and Solas).