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Clara cell
- Term ID
- CL:0000158
- Synonyms
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- bronchiolar non-ciliated cell
- Clara cell of bronchiole
- Definition
- Epithelial progenitor cell of the lung. Clara cells are dome-shaped with short microvilli but no cilia. They function to protect the bronchiolar epithelium. Clara cells also multiply and differentiate into ciliated cells to regenerate the bronchiolar epithelium. (2)
- References
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- BTO:0004811
- FMA:14119
- Ontology
- Cell Ontology
- is a type of
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- bearer_of
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- has_plasma_membrane_part
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