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Basophil

Basophil

Basophils are rare circulating granulocytes that can participate in allergic and type 2 immune responses.

CELL ONTOLOGY IDENTIFIERCL:0000767View source record ↗

Overview

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Basophils are rare circulating granulocytes that can participate in allergic and type 2 immune responses.

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Body systemBlood & Immunity
Typical locationMostly blood; recruited to tissues
Lineage / classHematopoietic · granulocyte
Cell Ontology IDCL:0000767

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ConceptMajor Human Cell TypesincludesCell typeGranulocyteincludes
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Major Human Cell Types · ConceptINCLUDES →Basophil · Cell type
Granulocyte · Cell typeINCLUDES →Basophil · Cell type
Basophil · Cell typeSUBTYPE OF →Granulocyte · Cell type

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databaseCell Ontology (CL)OBO Foundry · European Bioinformatics Institute Ontology Lookup Service
Research Claims

Basophil is represented as a distinct cell-type class in the Cell Ontology (CL:0000767).