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Curated ontology statistics

Cell ontology comparability

Curated tiered annotation summaries, ontology reuse, lineage flow, and dominance checks.

Datasets
94
80 curated
Samples
7,709
7,487 curated
Cells
128,508,915
118,589,227 curated
Snapshot
Live
Jun 28, 2026, 11:25 CST
Cell ontology

Tiered annotation coverage

Tier summaries

Tier annotation summaries

Tier 1

Shared label distribution

7 labels in this tier
Label Cells
Immune 40,692,308
Tumor/Malignant 30,818,752
Stromal 24,107,754
Epithelial 15,091,372
Other 3,478,221
Neural/Glial 2,225,441
Hematopoietic 1,303,432
Tier 2

Shared label distribution

19 labels in this tier
Label Cells
Malignant compartment 30,818,752
Lymphoid 26,640,949
Epithelial lineage 15,091,372
Myeloid 12,667,969
Connective stromal 10,682,101
Vascular stromal 9,733,582
Unresolved 3,478,221
Stromal, unspecified 3,471,815
Neural/glial lineage 2,218,239
Immune, unspecified 1,383,390
Erythroid 1,078,806
Hematopoietic progenitor 200,902
Immune-associated stromal 181,925
Skeletal stromal 33,086
Megakaryocytic 17,430
Pigment cell 7,202
Erythroid/Megakaryocytic 6,294
Mesenchymal stromal 4,846
Mesothelial stromal 399
Tier 3

Shared label distribution

36 labels in this tier
Label Cells
Tumor/Malignant cell 30,818,752
T cell lineage 14,157,524
B lineage cell 11,291,306
Fibroblast lineage 10,504,806
Macrophage 6,022,266
Endothelial lineage 5,700,781
Mural cell 4,032,801
Epithelial lineage, unspecified 3,858,775
Unresolved annotation 3,478,221
Stromal lineage, unspecified 3,471,815
Renal epithelial cell 3,331,014
Intestinal epithelial cell 2,592,813
Myeloid lineage, unspecified 1,678,436
Monocyte 1,563,786
Epithelial progenitor cell 1,456,225
Dendritic/APC lineage cell 1,393,097
Immune lineage, unspecified 1,383,390
Glial cell 1,348,298
Granulocyte lineage cell 1,309,684
Hepatobiliary epithelial cell 1,180,183
Erythroid cell 1,016,327
Neuronal cell 836,929
ILC lineage cell 823,188
Surface epithelial cell 718,300
Tissue-specialized myeloid cell 442,416
Respiratory epithelial cell 416,855
ILC/T lineage cell 346,493
Myoepithelial cell 329,238
Acinar epithelial cell 274,848
Luminal epithelial cell 273,629
Mast cell lineage 243,525
Hematopoietic progenitor cell 200,902
Lymphoid stromal cell 181,925
Ductal epithelial cell 142,591
Transit-amplifying cell 141,322
Exocrine gland epithelial cell 118,487
Tier 4

Shared label distribution

36 labels in this tier
Label Cells
Tumor/Malignant cell, unspecified 30,818,752
B cell 9,159,236
Fibroblast 7,858,452
Macrophage 6,014,865
CD4 conventional T cell 5,595,250
Endothelial cell 4,264,273
Pericyte/Smooth muscle 3,964,135
Epithelial cell, unspecified 3,751,805
Stromal lineage, unspecified 3,447,535
Unresolved annotation, unspecified 3,415,470
CD8 T cell 3,130,702
T cell, unspecified 2,970,584
Plasma cell 2,132,070
Enterocyte 2,072,333
Myeloid cell, unspecified 1,678,436
Proximal tubule cell 1,627,587
Monocyte 1,563,786
Regulatory T cell 1,407,447
Immune cell, unspecified 1,383,390
Dendritic cell 1,365,010
Myofibroblast 1,304,010
Hepatocyte 1,170,900
Lymphatic endothelial cell 1,160,536
Transit amplifying cell 934,151
Astrocyte 933,821
T cell 884,889
Erythroid cell 827,950
Neutrophil 805,928
NK cell 758,478
Thick ascending limb cell 654,791
Epithelial progenitor cell, unspecified 506,216
Granulocyte, unspecified 500,348
NK/T cell 346,493
Alveolar epithelial cell 336,406
Fibromuscular stromal cell 335,020
Excitatory neuron 329,902
Ontology coverage

Cell ontology flow summaries per tier

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Force-directed cell ontology map

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Snapshot: Jun 28, 2026, 10:41 CST.

Dominance view

Top population dominance by tier

Tier 1

Top population dominance

5 dominant labels in this tier
Cell type Datasets Top datasets
Tumor/Malignant 8
8 datasets
Immune 6
6 datasets
Neural/Glial 5
5 datasets
Epithelial 3
3 datasets
Stromal 1
1 datasets
Tier 2

Top population dominance

6 dominant labels in this tier
Cell type Datasets Top datasets
Tumor/Malignant 8
8 datasets
Lymphoid 5
5 datasets
Neural/Glial 5
5 datasets
Epithelial 3
3 datasets
Myeloid 1
1 datasets
Vascular stromal 1
1 datasets
Tier 3

Top population dominance

8 dominant labels in this tier
Cell type Datasets Top datasets
Tumor/Malignant cell 9
9 datasets
T cell 4
4 datasets
Glial cell 3
3 datasets
Neuronal cell 2
2 datasets
Other 2
2 datasets
Endothelial cell 1
1 datasets
Enterocyte 1
1 datasets
Fibroblast 1
1 datasets
Tier 4

Top population dominance

11 dominant labels in this tier
Cell type Datasets Top datasets
Tumor/Malignant cell 9
9 datasets
Other 3
3 datasets
B cell 2
2 datasets
Oligodendrocyte 2
2 datasets
Astrocyte 1
1 datasets
CD4 Tconv 1
1 datasets
Endothelial cell 1
1 datasets
Enterocyte 1
1 datasets
Excitatory neuron 1
1 datasets
Fibroblast 1
1 datasets
T cell, unspecified 1
1 datasets