Cell ID: CL0002325

Cell Name: lactocyte

CSI Thresholds:

Select	Context	Threshold
	Overall	129.1928
	Breast + Healthy	148.8374
	Breast	136.4829
	Healthy	133.0652

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(Cell Significance Index is uniquely calculated using our advanced thresholding algorithms to reveal cell-specific gene markers.)

Description: A milk-producing glandular epithelial cell that is part of a mammary gland alveolus and differentiates from a luminal adaptive secretory precursor cell during secretory differentiation (also termed lactogenesis I). Following secretory activation (also termed lactogenesis II), a lactocyte is involved in the synthesis and/or transport of milk constituents including proteins, oligosaccharides, lactose, micronutrients, fat, hormones, immunoglobulins, and cytokines into the lumen of the lactating mammary gland.

Synonyms: mammary alveolar cell, epithelial cell of lactiferous gland, lactaction-associated mammary epithelial cell, lactation-derived mammary cell, luminal cell of alveolus of lactiferous gland, mammary alveolar epithelial cell, mammary gland alveolar epithelial cell, LMC