Disagreements with any aspect of the Cell Ontology.
The label 'Lactocyte' denotes milk-secreting mammary epithelial cells from lactating donors. CL:0002327 (mammary gland epithelial cell) is the closest available term; a more specific CL term for lactating mammary epithelial cells would better represent this population.
Marker Gene Evidence
Gene markers used by researcher to assign this cell annotation.
Lactocytes are milk-secreting mammary epithelial cells identified primarily from the Twigger et al. 2022 lactating donor dataset and annotated by Austin Reed based on high expression of milk protein genes including LALBA, CSN2, CSN3, and LTF. CL:0002327 is used as the closest available ontology term for this lactation-state-specific cell population.
