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MeSH Heading: CA-125 Antigen
Tree Number(s): D09.400.430.900.631.050; D12.776.395.560.631.050; D23.050.285.050.225; D23.050.550.325.225; D23.101.140.075.225
Unique ID: D018394
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018394
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.
Entry Term(s): Antigen CA-125; CA 125 Antigen; Mucin-16
Previous Indexing: Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate (1988-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95; was see ANTIGENS, TUMOR-ASSOCIATED, CARBOHYDRATE 1989-94
Online Note: use ANTIGENS, TUMOR-ASSOCIATED, CARBOHYDRATE to search CA-125 ANTIGEN 1989-94
History Note: 95; was see ANTIGENS, TUMOR-ASSOCIATED, CARBOHYDRATE 1989-94
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/05/23
Revision Date: 2023/03/16

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0027620
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.
Terms: CA-125 Antigen Preferred Term
Term UI T054842
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag ACX
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Mucin-16
Term UI T000897938
Date03/30/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); CA 125 Antigen
Term UI T054840
Date09/15/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Antigen CA-125
Term UI T054841
Date01/26/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995)

CA-125 Antigen MeSH Descriptor Data 2024