club cell
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000158
Epithelial progenitor cell of the lung. Club cells are dome-shaped with short microvilli but no cilia. They function to protect the bronchiolar epithelium. Club cells also multiply and differentiate into ciliated cells to regenerate the bronchiolar epithelium. [ GOC:tfm http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7905712 http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/09031936.00146609 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28128362 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.12-2762 ]
Synonyms: bronchiolar non-ciliated cell, club cell of bronchiole, Clara cell
Term info
- FMA:14119
- BTO:0004811
human_reference_atlas
Bronchiolar non-ciliated cell
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- bronchial epithelial cell and bearer of some domed and has plasma membrane part some microvillus and capable of some secretion by cell and capable of some surfactant homeostasis
- bronchial epithelial cell
- surfactant secreting cell
- has plasma membrane part some microvillus
- bearer of some domed