melanocyte

melanin-producing cell type often on the skin
Thing cell_type Q247101
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melanocyte

Summary

melanocyte is a cell type[1]. melanocyte ranks in the top 6% of cell_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (418 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • melanocyte's image is recorded as Micrograph of melanocytes in the epidermis.jpg[3].
  • melanocyte's instance of is recorded as cell type[4].
  • melanocyte's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85083380[5].
  • melanocyte's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119364330[6].
  • melanocyte's subclass of is recorded as neurecto-epithelial cell[7].
  • melanocyte's subclass of is recorded as chromatophore[8].
  • melanocyte's part of is recorded as epidermis[9].
  • melanocyte's part of is recorded as stratum basale[10].
  • melanocyte's Commons category is recorded as Melanocytes[11].
  • melanocyte's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D008544[12].
  • melanocyte's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 52402[13].
  • melanocyte's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dtc8[14].
  • melanocyte's MeSH tree code is recorded as A11.409.750[15].
  • melanocyte's MeSH tree code is recorded as A11.436.613[16].
  • melanocyte's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph849163[17].
  • melanocyte's found in taxon is recorded as mammal[18].
  • melanocyte's product or material produced is recorded as melanin[19].
  • melanocyte's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 682188[20].
  • melanocyte's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0122567[21].
  • melanocyte's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 70545[22].
  • melanocyte's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/melanocyte[23].
  • melanocyte's Terminologia Histologica is recorded as H2.00.03.0.01016[24].
  • melanocyte's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'melanocytus'}[25].
  • melanocyte's NALT ID is recorded as 50928[26].
  • melanocyte's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0025201[27].

Why It Matters

melanocyte ranks in the top 6% of cell_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (418 views/month).[2] melanocyte has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] melanocyte is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Human cell type diversity, evolution, development, and classification with special reference to cells derived from the neural crest. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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