pigment cell [FBbt_00004230]

Glial cell of the retina (Edwards and Meinertzhagen, 2010; Liu et al., 2015 that produces screening pigments (Tomlinson, 2012. These pigments form layers around the retina and each ommatidium to prevent lateral transfer of light, ensuring photoreceptors of one ommatidium are activated only by light entering through one lens (Tomlinson, 2012. These cells also have metabolic interactions with photoreceptor neurons, providing alanine (Edwards and Meinertzhagen, 2010 and removing lipids (Liu et al., 2015. (Edwards and Meinertzhagen, 2010, Liu et al., 2015, Tomlinson, 2012)

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Adult Glial cell Nervous system Visual system

Glial cell of the retina (Edwards and Meinertzhagen, 2010; Liu et al., 2015 that produces screening pigments (Tomlinson, 2012. These pigments form layers around the retina and each ommatidium to prevent lateral transfer of light, ensuring photoreceptors of one ommatidium are activated only by light entering through one lens (Tomlinson, 2012. These cells also have metabolic interactions with photoreceptor neurons, providing alanine (Edwards and Meinertzhagen, 2010 and removing lipids (Liu et al., 2015. (Edwards and Meinertzhagen, 2010, Liu et al., 2015, Tomlinson, 2012)

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is part of: retina

Alternative Names

Synonym	Scope	Reference
pigment glial cell	exact synonym	Liu et al., 2015

Parts of pigment cell (3 total)

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	primary pigment cell pigment granule	Adult, Nervous_system, Visual_system
	secondary pigment cell pigment granule	Adult, Nervous_system, Visual_system
	tertiary pigment cell pigment granule	Adult, Nervous_system, Visual_system

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Subclasses of pigment cell (3 total)

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	primary pigment cell	Adult, Glial_cell, Nervous_system, Visual_system
	secondary pigment cell	Adult, Glial_cell, Nervous_system, Visual_system
	tertiary pigment cell	Adult, Glial_cell, Nervous_system, Visual_system

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scRNAseq data for pigment cell (23 total)

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	scRNAseq_2022_FCA_MALE_FULL_seq_clustering_pigment_cells	Adult, Cluster, Nervous_system
	scRNAseq_2022_FCA_MALE_TESTIS_seq_clustering_pigment_cells	Adult, Cluster, Nervous_system
	scRNAseq_2022_FCA_MALE_HEAD_seq_clustering_pigment_cells	Adult, Cluster, Nervous_system
	scRNAseq_2022_FCA_FEMALE_FULL_seq_clustering_pigment_cells	Adult, Cluster, Nervous_system
	scRNAseq_2022_FCA_FEMALE_HEAD_seq_clustering_pigment_cells	Adult, Cluster, Nervous_system

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Transgene expression in pigment cell (11 total)

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	P{R81G11-GAL4.DBD} ∩ P{R41E03-p65.AD} expression pattern	Split
	P{R72E04-GAL4.DBD} ∩ P{R28D04-p65.AD} expression pattern	Split

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Cell-type hierarchy of pigment cell

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