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

Tissues · 491,048 cells

thymus

Cells
491,048
Top channel
CLIC1
Cell types present
26
Share of atlas cells
4.9%
plate vi-a — top channels

Top ion channels in thymus

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

  1. 01 CLIC1 Chloride 1.172
  2. 02 SMDT1 Voltage-gated K⁺ 0.768
  3. 03 MCUB Voltage-gated K⁺ 0.304
  4. 04 ITPR2 Ca²⁺ store 0.285
  5. 05 AQP3 Voltage-gated K⁺ 0.284
  6. 06 MICU2 Voltage-gated K⁺ 0.241
  7. 07 CLIC4 Chloride 0.213
  8. 08 MICU1 Voltage-gated K⁺ 0.198
  9. 09 STIM2 Ca²⁺ store 0.196
  10. 10 STIM1 Ca²⁺ store 0.191
  11. 11 ORAI2 Ca²⁺ store 0.169
  12. 12 ITPR1 Ca²⁺ store 0.164
  13. 13 TRPM7 TRP 0.163
  14. 14 CLCN3 Chloride 0.158
  15. 15 ANO6 Chloride 0.155
plate vi-b — cell types in this tissue

26 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
neuro-medullary thymic epithelial cell Ca²⁺ store 0.674
epithelial cell of thymus Ca²⁺ store 0.429
ciliated epithelial cell Ca²⁺ store 0.426
thymic fibroblast type 2 Ca²⁺ store 0.393
B cell Ca²⁺ store 0.386
myo-medullary thymic epithelial cell Ca²⁺ store 0.374
medullary thymic epithelial cell type 3 Chloride 0.370
medullary thymic epithelial cell type 2 Chloride 0.360
cortical thymic epithelial cell Chloride 0.341
medullary thymic epithelial cell type 1 Ca²⁺ store 0.331
keratinocyte Chloride 0.312
thymic fibroblast type 1 Ca²⁺ store 0.297
corticomedullary thymic epithelial cell Ca²⁺ store 0.295
medullary thymic epithelial cell Chloride 0.276
eurydendroid cell Ca²⁺ store 0.274
CD8-positive, alpha-beta regulatory T cell Ca²⁺ store 0.272
pro-T cell Ca²⁺ store 0.268
early T lineage precursor Ca²⁺ store 0.263
thymocyte Ca²⁺ store 0.251
CD8-positive, alpha-beta thymocyte Ca²⁺ store 0.242
CD8-alpha-alpha-positive, alpha-beta intraepithelial T cell Ca²⁺ store 0.231
naive thymus-derived CD8-positive, alpha-beta T cell Ca²⁺ store 0.214
naive thymus-derived CD4-positive, alpha-beta T cell Ca²⁺ store 0.205
CD4-positive, alpha-beta thymocyte Ca²⁺ store 0.200
double-positive, alpha-beta thymocyte Ca²⁺ store 0.192
immature alpha-beta T cell Ca²⁺ store 0.144