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Megakaryocyte

Megakaryocyte

Megakaryocytes are large bone-marrow cells that produce platelets.

CELL ONTOLOGY IDENTIFIERCL:0000556View source record ↗

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Megakaryocytes are large bone-marrow cells that produce platelets.

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Body systemBlood & Immunity
Typical locationBone marrow
Lineage / classHematopoietic · megakaryocyte
Cell Ontology IDCL:0000556

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ConceptMajor Human Cell TypesincludesCell typeBlood Cellincludes
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Major Human Cell Types · ConceptINCLUDES →Megakaryocyte · Cell type
Blood Cell · Cell typeINCLUDES →Megakaryocyte · Cell type
Megakaryocyte · Cell typeSUBTYPE OF →Blood Cell · Cell type

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

Megakaryocyte is represented as a distinct cell-type class in the Cell Ontology (CL:0000556).