Glial Cells — Cell Type Hierarchy

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Glial Cells — Cell Type Hierarchy

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<th class="infobox-header" colspan="2">Glial Cells — Cell Type Hierarchy</th>
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<td class="label">Cell Ontology ID</td>
<td>Cell Type</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0000125](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0000125)</td>
<td>glial cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0002573](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0002573)</td>
<td>    Schwann cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0002377](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0002377)</td>
<td>        immature Schwann cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0000218](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0000218)</td>
<td>        myelinating Schwann cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0002376](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0002376)</td>
<td>        non-myelinating Schwann cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0000692](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0000692)</td>
<td>            terminal Schwann cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0010020](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0010020)</td>
<td>    cardiac glial cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:1001579](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_1001579)</td>
<td>    cerebral cortex glial cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0002605](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0002605)</td>
<td>        astrocyte of the cerebral cortex</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0002604](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0002604)</td>
<td>            hippocampal astrocyte</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4042009](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4042009)</td>
<td>            interlaminar astrocyte</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4042007](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4042007)</td>
<td>            protoplasmic astrocyte</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:1001580](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_1001580)</td>
<td>        hippocampal glial cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4047002](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4047002)</td>
<td>    cycling glial cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4040002](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4040002)</td>
<td>    enteroglial cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4047042](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4047042)</td>
<td>        type 1 myenteric plexus glia</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4047043](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4047043)</td>
<td>        type 1 submucosal plexus glia</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4047044](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4047044)</td>
<td>        type 2 interganglionic glia</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4047045](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4047045)</td>
<td>        type 3 mucosal glia</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4047048](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4047048)</td>
<td>        type 4 muscularis propria glia</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4047047](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4047047)</td>
<td>        type I enteric glial cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0000065](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0000065)</td>
<td>    ependymal cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0000706](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0000706)</td>
<td>        choroid plexus epithelial cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4301608](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4301608)</td>
<td>            choroid plexus epithelial cell (Mmus)</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4300363](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4300363)</td>
<td>        ependymal cell (Mmus)</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0000683](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0000683)</td>
<td>        ependymoglial cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4052001](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4052001)</td>
<td>        multiciliated ependymal cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0002085](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0002085)</td>
<td>        tanycyte</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4042017](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4042017)</td>
<td>            alpha1-tanycyte</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4042018](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4042018)</td>
<td>            alpha2-tanycyte</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4042019](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4042019)</td>
<td>            beta1-tanycyte</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4042020](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4042020)</td>
<td>            beta2-tanycyte</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4300362](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4300362)</td>
<td>            tanycyte (Mmus)</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0008044](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0008044)</td>
<td>            tanycyte of area postrema</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0008045](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0008045)</td>
<td>            tanycyte of subcommissural organ</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0008042](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0008042)</td>
<td>            tanycyte of subfornical organ</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4072014](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4072014)</td>
<td>            tanycyte of vascular organ of lamina terminalis</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:1000050](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_1000050)</td>
<td>    lateral line nerve glial cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:1000239](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_1000239)</td>
<td>        anterior lateral line nerve glial cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:1000236](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_1000236)</td>
<td>        posterior lateral line nerve glial cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:1001581](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_1001581)</td>
<td>    lateral ventricle glial cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0000126](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0000126)</td>
<td>    macroglial cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0000127](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0000127)</td>
<td>        astrocyte</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4300359](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4300359)</td>
<td>            astrocyte of cerebrum (Mmus)</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4042008](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4042008)</td>
<td>            fibrous astrocyte</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0002626](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0002626)</td>
<td>            immature astrocyte</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0002627](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0002627)</td>
<td>            mature astrocyte</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4300360](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4300360)</td>
<td>            olfactory areas astrocyte (Mmus)</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4033015](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4033015)</td>
<td>            retinal astrocyte</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4300358](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4300358)</td>
<td>            subcortical astrocyte (Mmus)</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:2000005](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_2000005)</td>
<td>        brain macroglial cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0002603](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0002603)</td>
<td>            astrocyte of the cerebellum</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0012000](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0012000)</td>
<td>            astrocyte of the forebrain</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0000129](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0000129)</td>
<td>    microglial cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0002628](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0002628)</td>
<td>        immature microglial cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4307132](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4307132)</td>
<td>        microglial cell (Mmus)</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4023154](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4023154)</td>
<td>    myelinating glial cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0000128](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0000128)</td>
<td>        oligodendrocyte</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4042031](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4042031)</td>
<td>            immune oligodendroglia</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4072003](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4072003)</td>
<td>            mature myelinating oligodendrocyte</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4072002](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4072002)</td>
<td>            myelin-forming oligodendrocyte</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4072001](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4072001)</td>
<td>            newly formed oligodendrocyte</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4300367](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4300367)</td>
<td>            oligodendrocyte (Mmus)</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:2000025](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_2000025)</td>
<td>            spinal cord oligodendrocyte</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0011028](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0011028)</td>
<td>    olfactory ensheathing cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4301615](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4301615)</td>
<td>        olfactory ensheathing cell (Mmus)</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4307111](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4307111)</td>
<td>            OEC NN_1 A330076C08Rik olfactory ensheathing cell (Mmus)</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4307109](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4307109)</td>
<td>            OEC NN_1 Adamts12 olfactory ensheathing cell (Mmus)</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4307110](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4307110)</td>
<td>            OEC NN_1 Gdpd4 olfactory ensheathing cell (Mmus)</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:4307112](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_4307112)</td>
<td>            OEC NN_1 Rasgef1c olfactory ensheathing cell (Mmus)</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0002576](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0002576)</td>
<td>    perineurial cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0000681](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0000681)</td>
<td>    radial glial cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0000636](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0000636)</td>
<td>        Mueller cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:0013000](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_0013000)</td>
<td>        forebrain radial glial cell</td>
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<td class="label">[CL:1000073](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl/classes/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FCL_1000073)</td>
<td>        spinal cord radial glial cell</td>
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</table>

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Glial Cells — Cell Type Hierarchy

Overview

Glial Cells — Cell Type Hierarchy describes a neural cell population with specific vulnerability or functional significance in neurodegenerative disease. This page covers cell morphology, molecular markers, connectivity, and disease-specific pathological changes.

All glial cell types including astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, microglia, and Schwann cells.

This page provides a navigable hierarchy of glial cell (CL:0000125) from the [Cell Ontology](https://obofoundry.org/ontology/cl.html), cross-referenced with NeuroWiki cell type pages.

Coverage: 25/75 types have NeuroWiki pages (33%)

Hierarchy Diagram

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> Green nodes link to existing NeuroWiki pages. Click a node to navigate to it.

Complete Type Listing

About This Hierarchy

This hierarchy is derived from the [Cell Ontology (CL)](https://obofoundry.org/ontology/cl.html), a structured ontology for cell types maintained by the OBO Foundry. Cell Ontology IDs (e.g., CL:0000125) provide a standardized vocabulary for describing cell types across species and experimental contexts.

Related Resources

[Cell Ontology on OLS](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/cl) — Browse the full ontology
[BICAN Brain Cell Atlas](https://portal.brain-map.org/atlases-and-data/bkp/abc-atlas) — Allen Institute brain cell taxonomy
[CellxGene Census](https://cellxgene.cziscience.com/) — CZI single-cell data portal
[PanglaoDB](https://panglaodb.se/) — Cell type marker database

How Mappings Are Made

NeuroWiki cell type pages are mapped to Cell Ontology terms using a combination of:

Exact name matching — page title matches CL term name or synonym

Fuzzy matching — normalized names match after removing region/disease qualifiers

Manual curation — expert review of ambiguous mappings

Confidence levels: Exact (1.0), High (0.9+), Medium (0.7+), Low (0.5+), Tentative (<0.5)

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Glial Cells — Cell Type Hierarchy

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