49327004: Interferon (substance)

SNOMED CT Concept\Substance\...

\A grouper concept for substances that are used in medicinal products for medical treatment, and also psychoactive substances that have few or no legitimate medical uses or that are not legally available to the person using them.\Anti-infective agent (substance)\Substance with antiviral mechanism of action (substance)\Interferon
\A grouper concept for substances that are used in medicinal products for medical treatment, and also psychoactive substances that have few or no legitimate medical uses or that are not legally available to the person using them.\Immune enhancement agent (substance)\Interferon
\A grouper concept for substances that are used in medicinal products for medical treatment, and also psychoactive substances that have few or no legitimate medical uses or that are not legally available to the person using them.\Antineoplastic agent (substance)\Cytokine agent (substance)\Interferon

\Substance categorised by structure\Chemical\Chemical categorized by structure (substance)\...

\Nitrogen and/or nitrogen compound (substance)\Nitrogen compound\Organic nitrogen compound\Amide and/or amide derivative (substance)\Substituted amide (substance)\Polypeptide\Protein\Glycoprotein\Cytokine\Cytokine agent (substance)\Interferon

\Organic compound\Organic nitrogen compound\Amide and/or amide derivative (substance)\Substituted amide (substance)\Polypeptide\Protein\Glycoprotein\Cytokine\Cytokine agent (substance)\Interferon

Status: current, Not sufficiently defined by necessary conditions definition status (core metadata concept). Date: 31-Jan 2002. Module: SNOMED CT core

Descriptions:

Id Description Lang Type Status Case? Module

82170014 Interferon en Synonym (core metadata concept) Active Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) SNOMED CT core

786993013 Interferon (substance) en Fully specified name Active Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) SNOMED CT core

2699901000005114 Interferon da Synonym (core metadata concept) Active Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) Danish module (core metadata concept)

Expanded Value Set

Outbound Relationships	Type	Target	Active	Characteristic	Refinability	Group	Values
Interferon	Is a	Mediator of immune response	false	Inferred relationship	Some
Interferon	Is a	immunologisk analyt	false	Inferred relationship	Some
Interferon	Is a	Cytokine	false	Inferred relationship	Some
Interferon	Is a	Substance with antiviral mechanism of action (substance)	true	Inferred relationship	Some
Interferon	Is a	Immune enhancement agent (substance)	true	Inferred relationship	Some
Interferon	Is a	Cytokine agent (substance)	true	Inferred relationship	Some
Interferon	This attribute specifies the behavior that a substance will exhibit or participate in, given the appropriate context.	A substance that modifies the immune response or the functioning of the immune system.	true	Inferred relationship	Some
Interferon	This attribute specifies the behavior that a substance will exhibit or participate in, given the appropriate context.	Antiviral (disposition)	true	Inferred relationship	Some

Inbound Relationships	Type	Active	Source	Characteristic	Refinability	Group
Interferon beta (substance)	Is a	True	Interferon	Inferred relationship	Some
Injection of interferon (procedure)	Direct substance	True	Interferon	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Allergy to interferon	Causative agent	True	Interferon	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Interferon omega (substance)	Is a	True	Interferon	Inferred relationship	Some
Product containing interferon (product)	The clinically relevant part or whole of the substance that is intended to have a therapeutic action on or within the body. It excludes esters, salts or other non-covalent derivatives (such as a complex, chelate etc.), but may include secondary modifications.	True	Interferon	Inferred relationship	Some	1

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