The Mouse Adult Gross Anatomy Ontology and Mammalian Phenotype Ontology are downloaded weekly from the Mouse Genome Informatics databases at Jackson Laboratories (ftp://ftp.informatics.jax.org/pub/reports/index.html). For more information about these ontologies, see the MGI Publications Page at http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/publications.shtml.
Term:
abnormal spleen marginal zone macrophage morphology
any structural anomaly of the cells present in the splenic marginal zone and are involved in the recognition and clearance of material, such as pathogen-derived material, from the splenic circulation
Comment:
Spleen marginal zone macrophage cells express the cell surface protein CD209b (also called Signr1), which is often detected with the ER-TR9 antibody.
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
abnormal ER-TR9 positive cells; abnormal splenic marginal zone macrophage morphology