| Name: | cholangiocyte |
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| Synonyms: | bile duct cells, epithelial cell of bile duct |
| Definition: | An epithelial cell that is part of the bile duct. Cholangiocytes contribute to bile secretion via net release of bicarbonate and water. They are cuboidal epithelium in the small interlobular bile ducts, but become columnar and mucus secreting in larger bile ducts approaching the porta hepatis and the extrahepatic ducts. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009397] |
| Name: | apoptotic |
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| Definition: | A structural quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's consisting of blebbing of the nucleus and DNA fragmentation due to the cell undergoing a specific form of programmed cell death termed apoptosis. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000638] |