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:
increased circulating type I collagen C-terminal telopeptide level
greater than the normal amount of type I collagen C-terminal telopeptide (CTX) in the blood circulation; beta-CTX is released into the bloodstream during bone resorption and serves as a specific marker for the degradation of mature type I collagen; elevated serum levels of beta-CTX indicate increased bone resorption
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
elevated circulating type I collagen C-terminal telopeptide level
narrow_synonym:
increased serum type I collagen C-terminal telopeptide level