cation · a human ion-channel atlas release v1.0-354 · 10.0m cells
CATION Cell ATlas of ION channels

Tissues · 160,062 cells

esophagus

Cells
160,062
Top channel
CLIC1
Cell types present
9
Share of atlas cells
1.6%
plate vi-a — top channels

Top ion channels in esophagus

Ranked mean expression across cell types; bars coloured by each channel's class.

  1. 01 CLIC1 Chloride 0.901
  2. 02 AQP3 Voltage-gated K⁺ 0.572
  3. 03 SMDT1 Voltage-gated K⁺ 0.513
  4. 04 CLIC4 Chloride 0.333
  5. 05 AQP1 Voltage-gated K⁺ 0.246
  6. 06 CACNB2 Voltage-gated Ca²⁺ 0.231
  7. 07 ITPR2 Ca²⁺ store 0.202
  8. 08 CLIC3 Chloride 0.197
  9. 09 ANO6 Chloride 0.194
  10. 10 CACNA1C Voltage-gated Ca²⁺ 0.177
  11. 11 MICU2 Voltage-gated K⁺ 0.167
  12. 12 STIM1 Ca²⁺ store 0.165
  13. 13 ITPR1 Ca²⁺ store 0.165
  14. 14 GJB2 Gap junction 0.153
  15. 15 TRPM7 TRP 0.150
plate vi-b — cell types in this tissue

9 cell types

Ranked by total ion-channel expression. Dominant class = the channel class carrying the largest share of this cell type's expression.

Cell typeDominant classTotal channel expression
interstitial cell of Cajal Ca²⁺ store 0.445
enteric smooth muscle cell Ca²⁺ store 0.441
epithelial cell of lung Chloride 0.324
mucus secreting cell Ca²⁺ store 0.318
stratified epithelial cell Gap junction 0.305
epithelial cell of stratum germinativum of esophagus Chloride 0.286
professional antigen presenting cell Ca²⁺ store 0.259
epithelial cell of esophagus Gap junction 0.253
cycling basal cell Chloride 0.225