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Oligodendrocyte

Oligodendrocyte

Oligodendrocytes make myelin around parts of axons in the central nervous system.

CELL ONTOLOGY IDENTIFIERCL:0000128View source record ↗

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Oligodendrocytes make myelin around parts of axons in the central nervous system.

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Body systemNervous System
Typical locationBrain and spinal cord
Lineage / classCentral nervous system glia
Cell Ontology IDCL:0000128

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ConceptMajor Human Cell TypesincludesCell typeGlial Cellincludes
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Major Human Cell Types · ConceptINCLUDES →Oligodendrocyte · Cell type
Glial Cell · Cell typeINCLUDES →Oligodendrocyte · Cell type
Oligodendrocyte · Cell typeSUBTYPE OF →Glial Cell · Cell type

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

Oligodendrocyte is represented as a distinct cell-type class in the Cell Ontology (CL:0000128).