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hepatocyte
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Hepatocytes are reportedly MHC Class I-positive and MHC Class II-positive.
Term info
Label
hepatocyte
definition
The main structural component of the liver. They are specialized epithelial cells that are organized into interconnected plates called lobules. Majority of cell population of liver, polygonal in shape, arranged in plates or trabeculae between sinusoids; may have single nucleus or binucleated.
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Term relations
Subclass of:
- endopolyploid cell
- somatic cell
- anatomical entity
- material entity
- epithelial cell
- part of some liver
- capable of some bile acid biosynthetic process
- develops from some hepatoblast
- capable of some detoxification
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