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Enum: CellPolarity

Spatial polarity in cells and tissues

URI: valuesets:CellPolarity

Permissible Values

Value Meaning Description Context Location
APICAL The free surface of an epithelial cell typically faces lumen or external environment
BASAL The attached surface of an epithelial cell typically attached to basement membrane
LATERAL The sides of an epithelial cell faces neighboring cells
APICAL_LATERAL Junction between apical and lateral surfaces
BASAL_LATERAL Junction between basal and lateral surfaces
LEADING_EDGE Front of a migrating cell cell migration
TRAILING_EDGE Rear of a migrating cell cell migration
PROXIMAL_POLE Pole closer to the cell body neurons, polarized cells
DISTAL_POLE Pole further from the cell body neurons, polarized cells

Slots

Name Description
cell_polarity Spatial polarity in cells and tissues

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: CellPolarity
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: Spatial polarity in cells and tissues
title: Cell Polarity
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  APICAL:
    text: APICAL
    description: The free surface of an epithelial cell
    annotations:
      location:
        tag: location
        value: typically faces lumen or external environment
  BASAL:
    text: BASAL
    description: The attached surface of an epithelial cell
    annotations:
      location:
        tag: location
        value: typically attached to basement membrane
  LATERAL:
    text: LATERAL
    description: The sides of an epithelial cell
    annotations:
      location:
        tag: location
        value: faces neighboring cells
  APICAL_LATERAL:
    text: APICAL_LATERAL
    description: Junction between apical and lateral surfaces
  BASAL_LATERAL:
    text: BASAL_LATERAL
    description: Junction between basal and lateral surfaces
  LEADING_EDGE:
    text: LEADING_EDGE
    description: Front of a migrating cell
    annotations:
      context:
        tag: context
        value: cell migration
  TRAILING_EDGE:
    text: TRAILING_EDGE
    description: Rear of a migrating cell
    annotations:
      context:
        tag: context
        value: cell migration
  PROXIMAL_POLE:
    text: PROXIMAL_POLE
    description: Pole closer to the cell body
    annotations:
      context:
        tag: context
        value: neurons, polarized cells
  DISTAL_POLE:
    text: DISTAL_POLE
    description: Pole further from the cell body
    annotations:
      context:
        tag: context
        value: neurons, polarized cells