Subcutaneous, omental, mesenteric, mesocolic, and epiploic adipose tissue (Jalkanen et al., 2026, Cell Met)

adipocyte

Ontology Term

adipocyteCL:0000136

Synonyms

Terms that have the same, or nearly the same, meaning as the selected cell type.

adipose cell, fat cell

Category

Class of which the cell type is a subclass.

connective tissue cellCL:0002320

Ontology Assessment

Disagreements with any aspect of the Cell Ontology.

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Marker Gene Evidence

Gene markers used by researcher to assign this cell annotation.

LEP, CSDE1, TNS1, PLIN1, PLIN4, ADIPOQ, SAA1, SAA2, CES1

Canonical Marker Genes

LEP, CSDE1, TNS1, PLIN1, PLIN4, ADIPOQ, SAA1, SAA2, CES1

Negative Marker Genes

Genes expected to be absent, or expressed at a notably low level, in these cells, and whose absence supports the assignment of this cell annotation.

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Rationale

Marker genes for each cell population in the human WAT dataset (Fig. 3b of publication).

Inherited from author_cell_type

Set of Labels Description

Annotation of cell types included in dataset based on prior knowledge & gene expression data from Massier et al (PMID: 36922516).

Annotation Method

manual