Cell type ontologies of the Human Cell Atlas

Autor: Ed S. Lein, Chuan Xu, Maria Keays, Sarah A. Teichmann, Peter V. Kharchenko, David Osumi-Sutherland, Adam P. Levine, Aviv Regev
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Cell Biology. 23:1129-1135
ISSN: 1476-4679
1465-7392
DOI: 10.1038/s41556-021-00787-7
Popis: Massive single-cell profiling efforts have accelerated our discovery of the cellular composition of the human body while at the same time raising the need to formalize this new knowledge. Here, we discuss current efforts to harmonize and integrate different sources of annotations of cell types and states into a reference cell ontology. We illustrate with examples how a unified ontology can consolidate and advance our understanding of cell types across scientific communities and biological domains.
Databáze: OpenAIRE