FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

CV Term Report

Help Close All Open All

General Information

Term

positive regulation of cell-cell adhesion

ID (Ontology)

GO:0022409 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

Any process that activates or increases the rate or extent of cell adhesion to another cell.

Also Known As

"up regulation of cell-cell adhesion" ; "up-regulation of cell-cell adhesion" ; "upregulation of cell-cell adhesion"

Comment

Links to External Ontologies

QuickGO data AmiGO data

Annotations

Records annotated with this term OR any of its CHILD TERMS

Choose a record type to view annotations for this term and its child terms. Direct annotations and full annotation statements below also provide HitList buttons.

Results list data from multiple species. Choose a record type above to open its HitList.

Direct annotations: records annotated with this exact term (child terms are NOT included)

Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records

Full annotation statements	Relevant FlyBase reports
Full annotation statements	Genes
positive regulation of cell-cell adhesion (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| positive regulation of cell-cell adhesion

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

regulation of cell adhesion
 |__regulation of cell-cell adhesion______
 |__positive regulation of cell adhesion__|
positive regulation of cellular process   |
 |__positive regulation of cell adhesion__|
cell-cell adhesion                        |
 |__regulation of cell-cell adhesion______|
                                          positive regulation of cell-cell adhesion  12 rec.
                                           |__negative regulation of border follicle cell delamination
                                           |__positive regulation of calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion
                                           |__positive regulation of calcium-independent cell-cell adhesion
                                           |__positive regulation of cell-cell adhesion mediated by cadherin
                                           |__positive regulation of cell-cell adhesion mediated by integrin 2 rec.
                                           |__positive regulation of flocculation
                                           |__positive regulation of heterotypic cell-cell adhesion 2 rec.
                                           |   |__positive regulation of platelet rolling
                                           |__positive regulation of homophilic cell adhesion
                                           |__positive regulation of homotypic cell-cell adhesion 1 rec.
                                           |   |__positive regulation of erythrocyte aggregation
                                           |   |__positive regulation of platelet aggregation
                                           |__positive regulation of leukocyte cell-cell adhesion
                                               |__positive regulation of leukocyte adhesion to vascular endothelial cell(+)
                                               |__positive regulation of monocyte aggregation
                                               |__positive regulation of neutrophil aggregation
                                               |__positive regulation of T cell activation(+)
                                               |__positive regulation of thymocyte aggregation

Spanning Tree View Settings
Parents/Children View Depth	Show hierarchy levels: for parents, for children
Relationships
Is a	regulation of cell-cell adhesion positive regulation of cell adhesion
Part of
Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"activation of cell-cell adhesion" NARROW "stimulation of cell-cell adhesion" NARROW "up regulation of cell-cell adhesion" EXACT "up-regulation of cell-cell adhesion" EXACT "upregulation of cell-cell adhesion" EXACT
Secondary IDs

External Crossreferences & Linkouts