<p><strong>Are there any databases that have aggregated information on cell volumes?</strong>  Most useful would be a database keyed by cell ontology (e.g., <code>CL:0000236</code> for B cell).</p>

<p>The <a href="http://book.bionumbers.org/how-big-is-a-human-cell/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">BioNumbers book has a small table</a>, but none of the references appear to link back to systematic catalogues.  In fact, just to put that small table together, they had to reference a dozen or so papers.</p>

<p><a href="http://shogoin.stemcellinformatics.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The SHOGoiN database</a> is a nice overview of the taxonomy, but the only morphological data available is attached to the images (<a href="http://shogoin.stemcellinformatics.org/image/cell/40" rel="nofollow noreferrer">example B cell</a>), which only includes areas and other histological measurements. Also, they don't seem to provide an API for programmatic access.</p>

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I disagree with the "opinion-based" close vote. The question is soliciting users to share any databases that have this information - not to rank them. The examples I gave are in the SO style of sharing what I already tried, neither of which are adequate solutions.
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This is a useful question. I searched, and could find nothing matching this.
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Database of Cell Volumes by Cell Ontology?
# Database of Cell Volumes by Cell Ontology?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-12-18)

**Are there any databases that have aggregated information on cell volumes?** Most useful would be a database keyed by cell ontology (e.g., `CL:0000236` for B cell).

The [BioNumbers book has a small table](http://book.bionumbers.org/how-big-is-a-human-cell/), but none of the references appear to link back to systematic catalogues. In fact, just to put that small table together, they had to reference a dozen or so papers.

[The SHOGoiN database](http://shogoin.stemcellinformatics.org/) is a nice overview of the taxonomy, but the only morphological data available is attached to the images ([example B cell](http://shogoin.stemcellinformatics.org/image/cell/40)), which only includes areas and other histological measurements. Also, they don't seem to provide an API for programmatic access.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I disagree with the "opinion-based" close vote. The question is soliciting users to share any databases that have this information - not to rank them. The examples I gave are in the SO style of sharing what I already tried, neither of which are adequate solutions.  
> **username_1**: This is a useful question. I searched, and could find nothing matching this.  

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