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Endocrine Cell

Endocrine Cell

Endocrine cells release hormones or other signals that can coordinate activities in distant cells and organs.

CELL ONTOLOGY IDENTIFIERCL:0000163View source record ↗

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Endocrine cells release hormones or other signals that can coordinate activities in distant cells and organs.

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Body systemTissues & Organs
Typical locationEndocrine glands and dispersed endocrine tissues
Lineage / classHormone-secreting cell
Cell Ontology IDCL:0000163

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ConceptMajor Human Cell TypesincludesCell typePancreatic Beta CellincludesCell typePancreatic Alpha CellincludesCell typeLeydig Cellincludes
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Major Human Cell Types · ConceptINCLUDES →Endocrine Cell · Cell type
Endocrine Cell · Cell typeINCLUDES →Pancreatic Beta Cell · Cell type
Pancreatic Beta Cell · Cell typeSUBTYPE OF →Endocrine Cell · Cell type
Endocrine Cell · Cell typeINCLUDES →Pancreatic Alpha Cell · Cell type
Pancreatic Alpha Cell · Cell typeSUBTYPE OF →Endocrine Cell · Cell type
Endocrine Cell · Cell typeINCLUDES →Leydig Cell · Cell type
Leydig Cell · Cell typeSUBTYPE OF →Endocrine Cell · Cell type

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

Endocrine Cell is represented as a distinct cell-type class in the Cell Ontology (CL:0000163).