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Biological Factors > Antigens > Antigens, Neoplasm > Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate > CA-125 Antigen
Biological Factors > Biomarkers > Biomarkers, Tumor > Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate > CA-125 Antigen
Biological Factors > Antigens > Epitopes > Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate > CA-125 Antigen
... > Carbohydrates > Glycoconjugates > Glycoproteins > Mucoproteins > Mucins > CA-125 Antigen
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Glycoproteins > Mucoproteins > Mucins > CA-125 Antigen

Preferred term

CA-125 Antigen  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Antigen CA 125
  • Antigen CA-125
  • Antigen, CA 125
  • CA 125 Antigen
  • Mucin 16
  • Mucin-16

Scope note

  • A carbohydrate antigen that occurs in tumors of the ovary as well as in breast, kidney, and gastrointestinal tract tumors and normal tissue. While it is tumor-associated, it is not tumor-specific and may have a protective function against particles and infectious agents at mucosal surfaces.

History note

  • 95; was see ANTIGENS, TUMOR-ASSOCIATED, CARBOHYDRATE 1989-94

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018394

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