Length of giant neurons

Range >1 meter
Organism Human Homo sapiens
Reference Marguerat S, Bähler J. Coordinating genome expression with cell size. Trends Genet. 2012 Nov28(11):560-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2012.07.003. p.560 left column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID22863032
Comments "...cells in the human body range in size over nearly six orders of magnitude, from small lymphocytes approximately 7µm in diameter to large liver cells (50–100µm) and giant neurons that can stretch over 1 m to the tips of their axons."
Entered by Uri M
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