List of human cell types derived from the germ layers

This is a list of cells in humans derived from the three embryonic germ layers – ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm.

Skin

 * Trichocyte
 * Keratinocyte

Anterior pituitary

 * Gonadotrope
 * Corticotrope
 * Thyrotrope
 * Somatotrope
 * Lactotroph

Tooth enamel

 * Ameloblast

Peripheral nervous system

 * Neuron
 * Glia
 * Schwann cell
 * Satellite glial cell

Neuroendocrine system

 * Chromaffin cell
 * Glomus cell

Skin

 * Melanocyte
 * Nevus cell
 * Merkel cell

Teeth

 * Odontoblast
 * Cementoblast

Eyes

 * Corneal keratocyte

Central nervous system

 * Neuron
 * Glia
 * Astrocyte
 * Ependymocytes
 * Müller glia (retina)
 * Oligodendrocyte
 * Oligodendrocyte progenitor cell
 * Pituicyte (posterior pituitary)

Pineal gland

 * Pinealocyte

Osteochondroprogenitor cell

 * Bone (Osteoblast → Osteocyte)
 * Cartilage (Chondroblast → Chondrocyte)

Myofibroblast

 * Fat
 * Lipoblast → Adipocyte
 * Muscle
 * Myoblast → Myocyte
 * Myosatellite cell
 * Tendon cell
 * Cardiac muscle cell
 * Other
 * Fibroblast → Fibrocyte

Other

 * Digestive system
 * Interstitial cell of Cajal

Renal stem cell

 * Angioblast → Endothelial cell
 * Mesangial cell
 * Intraglomerular
 * Extraglomerular
 * Juxtaglomerular cell
 * Macula densa cell
 * Stromal cell → Interstitial cell → Telocytes
 * Simple epithelial cell → Podocyte
 * Kidney proximal tubule brush border cell

Reproductive system

 * Sertoli cell
 * Leydig cell
 * Granulosa cell
 * Peg cell
 * Germ cells (which migrate here primordially)
 * spermatozoon
 * ovum

Hematopoietic stem cell

 * Lymphoid
 * Lymphoblast
 * see lymphocytes
 * Myeloid
 * CFU-GEMM
 * see myeloid cells

Circulatory system

 * Endothelial progenitor cell
 * Endothelial colony forming cell
 * Endothelial stem cell
 * Angioblast/Mesoangioblast
 * Pericyte
 * Mural cell

Body cavities

 * Mesothelial cell

Respiratory system

 * Pneumocyte
 * Type I cell
 * Type II cell
 * Club cell
 * Goblet cell
 * Pulmonary neuroendocrine cell

Stomach

 * Enteroendocrine cell
 * G cell
 * Delta cell
 * Enterochromaffin-like cell
 * Gastric chief cell
 * Parietal cell
 * Foveolar cell

Intestine

 * Enteroendocrine cell
 * Gastric inhibitory polypeptide
 * S cell
 * Delta cell
 * Cholecystokinin
 * Enterochromaffin cell
 * Goblet cell
 * Paneth cell
 * Tuft cell
 * Enterocyte
 * Microfold cell

Liver

 * Hepatocyte
 * Hepatic stellate cell

Gallbladder

 * Cholecystocyte

Exocrine component of pancreas

 * Centroacinar cell
 * Pancreatic stellate cell

Islets of Langerhans

 * alpha cell
 * beta cell
 * delta cell
 * PP cell (F cell, gamma cell)
 * epsilon cell

Pharyngeal pouch

 * Thyroid gland
 * Follicular cell
 * Parafollicular cell
 * Parathyroid gland
 * Parathyroid chief cell
 * Oxyphil cell

Hindgut/cloaca

 * Urothelial cell