Term Name: mesangial cell differentiation
Synonyms:
Definition: The process in which relatively unspecialized cells acquire specialized structural and/or functional features that characterize the mesangial cells of the kidney as it progresses from its formation to the mature state.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0072007]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: mesangial cell development mesangial cell fate commitment
is a type of: cell differentiation involved in kidney development pericyte cell differentiation
has subtype: glomerular mesangial cell differentiation mesonephric mesangial cell differentiation metanephric mesangial cell differentiation