FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term glial cell differentiation ID (Ontology) GO:0010001 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a glial cell.
Also Known As "glia cell differentiation" ; "neuroglia differentiation"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS      11
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 glial cell differentiation (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      11
     involved_in | glial cell differentiation      11
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 |__gliogenesis_________________
cellular developmental process  |
 |__cell differentiation________|
                                glial cell differentiation  40 rec.
                                 |__astrocyte differentiation
                                 |   |__astrocyte development(+)
                                 |   |__astrocyte fate commitment(+)
                                 |   |__Bergmann glial cell differentiation
                                 |   |__forebrain astrocyte differentiation(+)
                                 |   |__regulation of astrocyte differentiation(+)
                                 |__cardiac glial cell differentiation
                                 |   |__cardiac glial cell development(+)
                                 |   |__cardiac glial cell fate commitment(+)
                                 |   |__neural crest-derived cardiac glial cell differentiation(+)
                                 |__glial cell development 34 rec.
                                 |   |__astrocyte development(+)
                                 |   |__cardiac glial cell development(+)
                                 |   |__establishment of glial blood-brain barrier 17 rec.
                                 |   |__glial cell projection elongation(+) 2 rec.
                                 |   |__lateral line nerve glial cell development(+)
                                 |   |__microglia development
                                 |   |__oligodendrocyte development(+)
                                 |   |__Schwann cell development(+)
                                 |__glial cell differentiation involved in amphid sensory organ development
                                 |__glial cell fate commitment 3 rec.
                                 |   |__astrocyte fate commitment(+)
                                 |   |__cardiac glial cell fate commitment(+)
                                 |   |__glial cell fate determination 3 rec.
                                 |   |__glial cell fate specification(+)
                                 |   |__oligodendrocyte cell fate commitment(+)
                                 |   |__radial glial cell fate commitment in forebrain
                                 |__lateral line nerve glial cell differentiation
                                 |   |__anterior lateral line nerve glial cell differentiation(+)
                                 |   |__lateral line nerve glial cell development(+)
                                 |   |__posterior lateral line nerve glial cell differentiation(+)
                                 |__microglia differentiation
                                 |   |__microglia development
                                 |   |__regulation of microglia differentiation(+)
                                 |__oligodendrocyte differentiation
                                 |   |__oligodendrocyte cell fate commitment(+)
                                 |   |__oligodendrocyte development(+)
                                 |   |__regulation of oligodendrocyte differentiation(+)
                                 |   |__spinal cord oligodendrocyte cell differentiation(+)
                                 |__radial glial cell differentiation
                                 |   |__forebrain radial glial cell differentiation(+)
                                 |   |__spinal cord radial glial cell differentiation
                                 |__regulation of glial cell differentiation 2 rec.
                                 |   |__negative regulation of glial cell differentiation(+)
                                 |   |__positive regulation of glial cell differentiation(+) 2 rec.
                                 |   |__regulation of astrocyte differentiation(+)
                                 |   |__regulation of microglia differentiation(+)
                                 |   |__regulation of oligodendrocyte differentiation(+)
                                 |   |__regulation of Schwann cell differentiation(+)
                                 |__Schwann cell differentiation
                                     |__regulation of Schwann cell differentiation(+)
                                     |__Schwann cell development(+)
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Is a cell differentiation
Part of gliogenesis
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    "neuroglia differentiation" EXACT
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