Term Name: cortical thymic epithelial cell
Synonyms: cTEC
Definition: An epithelial cell of the cortical portion of the thymus. Epithelial cells in this region are required for positive selection of CD8-positive T cells.
Ontology: Cell Ontology [CL:0002364]

Relationships
is part of: cortex of thymus
is a type of: epithelial cell epithelial cell of thymus
has subtype: type-1 epithelial cell of thymus type-2 epithelial cell of thymus type-3 epithelial cell of thymus type-4 epithelial cell of thymus