Here I present: “Human Cell Type Genes”, Victor McKusick, Mendelian Inheritance in Man’, 1966.
INTRODUCTION.
Victor McKusick’s book is based upon “cell genetics”. A cell is equatable to the sum of its genes. The body is composed of twenty (20) cell-classes of two-hundred eleven (211) human cell-types. The twenty (20) cell-classes are listed BELOW.
Cell sorting (shown ABOVE) is the process through which a particular cell type is separated from others contained in a sample on the basis of its physical or biological properties, such as size, morphological parameters, viability and both extracellular and intracellular protein expression. The homogeneous cell population obtained after sorting can be used for a variety of applications including research, diagnosis, and therapy.
- lens L
- pigment P
- germinal G
- nurse N
- autonomic A
- wet W
- CNS Z
- ciliated Q
- metabolic V
- barrier B
- urogenital U
- contractile C
- keratin K
- sense S
- matrix M
- transducer T
- epithelial E
- immune I
- exocrine X
- hormone H
