Preferred Name | Schwann Cell | |
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Definitions |
Principal neuroglial cell of the peripheral nervous system which ensheath the peripheral axons of neurons and form myelin. Schwann cells may be myelinating or non-myelinating. Neuroglial cells of the peripheral nervous system which form the insulating myelin sheaths of peripheral axons (MSH). Note that the cell type ontology does not consider Schwann Cells to be macroglia |
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http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/sao408819766 |
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comment |
Note that the cell type ontology does not consider Schwann Cells to be macroglia |
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cell_ontology_ID |
CL:0000218 |
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definition |
Principal neuroglial cell of the peripheral nervous system which ensheath the peripheral axons of neurons and form myelin. Schwann cells may be myelinating or non-myelinating. Neuroglial cells of the peripheral nervous system which form the insulating myelin sheaths of peripheral axons (MSH). Note that the cell type ontology does not consider Schwann Cells to be macroglia |
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example | ||
externalSourceId |
C0036387 CL:0000218 sao408819766 |
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label |
Schwann Cell |
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note |
Principal neuroglial cell of the peripheral nervous system which ensheath the peripheral axons of neurons and form myelin. Schwann cells may be myelinating or non-myelinating. Neuroglial cells of the peripheral nervous system which form the insulating myelin sheaths of peripheral axons (MSH). http://ccdb.ucsd.edu/SAO/images/schwann_cell_sw_512x512.jpg Note that the cell type ontology does not consider Schwann Cells to be macroglia |
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preferred label |
Schwann Cell |
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Resource Identifier |
C0036387 CL:0000218 sao408819766 |
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sao_ID |
sao408819766 |
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umls_ID |
C0036387 |
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subClassOf |