Experimental Factor Ontology (EFO)
OWL
Last submission date June 16, 2025
ID http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000576
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000576
https://agroportal.lirmm.fr/ontologies/EFO/CL_0000576
Loading
Preferred name

monocyte

Definitions
Morphology: Mononuclear cell, diameter, 14 to 20 _M, N/C ratio 2:1-1:1. Nucleus may appear in variety of shapes: round, kidney, lobulated, or convoluted. Fine azurophilic granules present; markers: CD11b (shared with other myeloid cells), human: CD14, mouse: F4/80-mid,GR1-low; location: Blood, but can be recruited into tissues; role or process: immune & tissue remodelling; lineage: hematopoietic, myeloid. Myeloid mononuclear recirculating leukocyte that can act as a precursor of tissue macrophages, osteoclasts and some populations of tissue dendritic cells.
Subject Author Type Created
No notes to display