Term Name:	epithelial cell differentiation
Synonyms:
Definition:	The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of an epithelial cell, any of the cells making up an epithelium.
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process [GO:0030855] QuickGO AmiGO

Relationships

is part of:	epithelium development
has parts:	epithelial cell development epithelial cell fate commitment
is a type of:	cell differentiation
has subtype:	columnar/cuboidal epithelial cell differentiation corneal epithelial cell differentiation cumulus cell differentiation endothelial cell differentiation epidermal cell differentiation epithelial cell differentiation involved in embryonic placenta development epithelial cell differentiation involved in kidney development epithelial cell differentiation involved in mammary gland alveolus development epithelial cell differentiation involved in mammary gland bud morphogenesis epithelial cell differentiation involved in mammary gland cord morphogenesis epithelial cell differentiation involved in prostate gland development epithelial cell differentiation involved in salivary gland development granulosa cell differentiation hepatoblast differentiation hepatocyte differentiation ionocyte differentiation leading edge cell differentiation lens fiber cell differentiation lung epithelial cell differentiation Malpighian tubule principal cell differentiation Malpighian tubule stellate cell differentiation mammary gland epithelial cell differentiation mesenchymal to epithelial transition multi-ciliated epithelial cell differentiation polarized epithelial cell differentiation Sertoli cell differentiation ureter epithelial cell differentiation
inverse capable_of:	mesenchymal stem cell
negatively regulated by:	negative regulation of epithelial cell differentiation
positively regulated by:	positive regulation of epithelial cell differentiation
regulated by:	regulation of epithelial cell differentiation