ipRGC
Full Name
- intrinsically photosensitive RGC
Closest Ontology Term
- retinal ganglion cellCL:0000740
Synonyms
Terms that have the same, or nearly the same, meaning as the selected cell type.- unknown
Category
Class of which the cell type is a subclass.- retinal cellCL:0009004
Ontology Assessment
Disagreements with any aspect of the Cell Ontology.- —
Marker Gene Evidence
Gene markers used by researcher to assign this cell annotation.- AL445433.2, CAMK2A, CDH6, CHL1, CPA6, CPNE8, DMD, KIAA1217, KIRREL3, NDST4, OPRM1, PLPPR5, PPFIBP1, RASGRP1, TGFA, TMEFF2
Canonical Marker Genes
- OPN4
Rationale
- 84.7%hRGC5+12.5%Unassigned of the Sanes dataset; 99.2%RGC6 of the Shekhar dataset; 93.6%RGC8 of the macaque dataset; 77.0%8_Novel of the mouse dataset; Known markers are curated from human, macaque, and mouse markers.
Inherited from author_cell_type
- Set of Labels Description
- A total of 11 retinal ganglion cell clusters were identified from over 399K retinal ganglion cell nuclei in the current atlas. Utilizing previously characterized markers from macaque, 5 clusters can be annotated.
- Annotation Method
- manual