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CL Term : Kupffer cell [CL:0000091] Cell Ontology

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description  A tissue-resident macrophage of the reticuloendothelial system found on the luminal surface of the hepatic sinusoids involved in erythrocyte clearance. Markers include F4/80+, CD11b-low, CD68-positive, sialoadhesin-positive, CD163/SRCR-positive. Irregular, with long processes including lamellipodia extending into the sinusoid lumen, have flattened nucleus with cytoplasm containing characteristic invaginations of the plasma membrane (vermiform bodies); lie within the sinusoid lumen attached to the endothelial surface; derived from the bone marrow, form a major part of the body's mononuclear phagocyte system.
  • synonyms:
  • stellate cell of von Kupffer,
  • macrophagocytus stellatus,
  • littoral cell of hepatic sinusoid,
  • hepatic macrophage,
  • liver macrophage,
  • von Kupffer cell
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