ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN

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ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN

Definition: a specific protein found in embryonic tissue and the blood. It is one of the oncofetal antigens, a substance present in childhood development and rarely in healthy adult tissue. Elevated levels in the blood may be an indication of some cancers, including testicular, liver, stomach, pancreatic, lung, and ovarian cancer.

Conceptual Structures
ISA	ANTIGEN PROTEIN TUMOR-MARKER
ANCESTORS	ALL ANIMAL-PART ANIMAL-SUBSTANCE ANIMATE ANIMATE-PART ANTIGEN BODY-PART INTERNAL-ANIMAL-PART INTERNAL-ANIMAL-SUBSTANCE MATERIAL OBJECT PHYSICAL-OBJECT PROTEIN SEPARABLE-ENTITY TUMOR-MARKER
RELATIONS	DESCRIBED-BY : ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN-TEST
INHERITED RELATIONS	CONTAINED-IN : PHYSICAL-OBJECT (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT ) MANUFACTURED-CONTAINER (by default) (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT ) ELEMENT-OF : COLLECTION (from OBJECT ) INSTRUMENT-OF : EVENT (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT ) LOCATION : PLACE (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT ) MADE-OF : MATERIAL (from MATERIAL ) MATERIAL-OF : PHYSICAL-OBJECT (from MATERIAL ) MEASURED-BY : MEASURING-ARTIFACT (from MATERIAL ) OBJECT-NAME : NAME (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT ) OWNED-BY : HUMAN (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT ) PART-OF : OBJECT (from OBJECT ) SUBSTRATE-OF : MOTION-EVENT (from MATERIAL ) THEME-OF : EVENT (from MATERIAL )
INHERITED ATTRIBUTES	AGE : >0 (from MATERIAL ) COLOR : MAGENTA (from MATERIAL ) CYAN (from MATERIAL ) RED (from MATERIAL ) ORANGE (from MATERIAL ) NAVY-BLUE (from MATERIAL ) TAN (from MATERIAL ) YELLOW (from MATERIAL ) GREEN (from MATERIAL ) GRAY (from MATERIAL ) BLUE (from MATERIAL ) PURPLE (from MATERIAL ) SIZE : <=0>=1000000 (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT )