Preferred term label
respiratory airway secretory cell
Synonyms (add reference(s), please)
RAS
Definition (free text, with reference(s), please. PubMed ID format is PMID:XXXXXX)
Secretory epithelial cell of the respiratory and terminal bronchioles.
Possible additional text: These cells are non-ciliated, contain secretory granules and are transcriptomically distinct from other epithelial cell types in the same location.
Preferred term label respiratory airway secretory cell
Synonyms (add reference(s), please)
RAS
Definition (free text, with reference(s), please. PubMed ID format is PMID:XXXXXX)
Secretory epithelial cell of the respiratory and terminal bronchioles.
Possible additional text: These cells are non-ciliated, contain secretory granules and are transcriptomically distinct from other epithelial cell types in the same location.
Murthy et al https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9169066/ Rustam et al https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36796082/ Basil et al https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04552-0
Parent cell type term (check the hierarchy here https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl)
secretory epithelial cell
Anatomical structure where the cell type is found (check Uberon for anatomical structures: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/uberon)
'epithelium of bronchiole' UBERON_0002051
We have no grouping term for respiratory + terminal bronchiole.
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Notes: This term groups various distinguishable types - as described in Murthy and Rustam. See also tentative hierarchy here: