Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
glomerular visceral epithelial cell
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000653
GO has podocyte as a related synonym due to concern this may refer to more than one cell type. However, this did not turn up in my search. If podocyte does refer to more than one cell type, then we should classify the synonym to 'related'[tfm].
Term info
Label
glomerular visceral epithelial cell
definition
A glomerular visceral epithelial cell is a specialized kidney epithelial cell that contains "feet" that interdigitate with the "feet" of other glomerular epithelial cells.
has exact synonym
podocyte, glomerular podocyte
has broad synonym
epithelial cell of visceral layer of glomerular capsule
has obo namespace
cell
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
Term relations
Subclass of:
- epithelial cell of glomerular capsule
- renal filtration cell
- part of some visceral layer of glomerular capsule
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