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A biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of a cell over time from an initial condition to a later condition. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized structural and/or functional features of a cardiac fibroblast. A cardiac fibroblast is a connective tissue cell in the heart which secretes an extracellular matrix rich in collagen and other macromolecules. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a neuron of the heart. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized structural and/or functional features of a cell that will form part of the cardiac organ of an individual. Development of a tissue or tissues that work together to perform a specific function or functions. Development pertains to the process whose specific outcome is the progression of a structure over time, from its formation to the mature structure. Organs are commonly observed as visibly distinct structures, but may also exist as loosely associated clusters of cells that work together to perform a specific function or functions. The process by which an endocardial cushion cell becomes a cell of a cardiac septum. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized mesodermal cell acquires the specialized features of a pericardial cell. In insects, pericardial cells are loosely arranged non-myogenic cells that flank the cardioblasts and probably act in the filtration of hemolymph. The process by which an endocardial cushion cell give rise to a cell that is part of a heart valve. The process whereby relatively unspecialized cells, e.g. embryonic or regenerative cells, acquire specialized structural and/or functional features that characterize the cells, tissues, or organs of the mature organism or some other relatively stable phase of the organism's life history. Differentiation includes the processes involved in commitment of a cell to a specific fate and its subsequent development to the mature state. The commitment of cells to specific cardiac cell fates and their capacity to differentiate into cardiac cells. Cardiac cells are cells that comprise the organ which pumps blood through the circulatory system. The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the heart over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The heart is a hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a glial cell of the heart. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a cardiac vascular smooth muscle cell. A cardiac vascular smooth muscle cell covers the heart vasculature and lacks transverse striations in its constituent fibers. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized mesodermal cell acquires the specialized structural and/or functional features of a cardioblast. A cardioblast is a cardiac precursor cell. It is a cell that has been committed to a cardiac fate, but will undergo more cell division rather than terminally differentiating. The process whose specific outcome is the progression of a cardiac cell over time, from its formation to the mature state. A cardiac cell is a cell that will form part of the cardiac organ of an individual. The process whereby a cardiac muscle precursor cell acquires specialized features of a cardiac muscle cell. Cardiac muscle cells are striated muscle cells that are responsible for heart contraction. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized structural and/or functional features of a cardiac endothelial cell.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: cardiac cell differentiation
Acc: GO:0035051
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized structural and/or functional features of a cell that will form part of the cardiac organ of an individual.
Synonyms:
  • heart cell differentiation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 19 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 164 [Search]


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GO:0035051 - cardiac cell differentiation (interactive image map)
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