- Ontology Term
- plasmacytoid dendritic cellCL:0000784
- SynonymsTerms that have the same, or nearly the same, meaning as the selected cell type.
- IPC, lymphoid dendritic cell, interferon-producing cell, plasmacytoid T cell, pDC, type 2 DC, DC2, plasmacytoid monocyte, T-associated plasma cell
- CategoryClass of which the cell type is a subclass.
- dendritic cellCL:0000451
- Marker Gene EvidenceGene markers used by researcher to assign this cell annotation.
- CD74, HLA-DRA, HLA-DRB, IL3RA
- Canonical Marker Genes
- IL3RA, HLA-DR, CD74
- Rationale
- This is a small cluster that shows antigen presentation machinery as well as distinct expression of IL3RA, a canonical pDC marker.