mesenchymal cell differentiation
The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a mesenchymal cell. A mesenchymal cell is a loosely associated cell that is part of the connective tissue in an organism. Mesenchymal cells give rise to more mature connective tissue cell types. [ GOC:dph GOC:jid ]
Term info
biological_process
GO:0048762
Term relations
- cell differentiation
- results in acquisition of features of some mesenchymal cell
- part of some mesenchyme development