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podocyte

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A specialized kidney epithelial cell, contained within a glomerulus, that contains "feet" that interdigitate with the "feet" of other podocytes. [ https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.10.463829 ]

Term info

Label

podocyte

Synonyms
  • glomerular podocyte
  • glomerular visceral epithelial cell
  • kidney podocyte
  • renal podocyte
database cross reference
Subsets

human_reference_atlas

RO 0002175

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

contributor

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1773-2692

has broad synonym

epithelial cell of visceral layer of glomerular capsule

see also

https://github.com/obophenotype/cell-ontology/issues/1460