{
  "name": "Human cells by type in a 70 kg reference man",
  "desc": "Counts by cell type with share of the total, whether the type has a nucleus, source and qualifier; shared across entries.",
  "lic": "CC BY 4.0",
  "lic_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "by": "Ants, Cells & Atoms",
  "url": "https://antscellsandatoms.com/scale/how-many-bacteria-in-the-human-body/",
  "from": [
    "values typed from Sender 2016; Bianconi 2013 total 3.72e13 for the carried-over shares"
  ],
  "how": "Compiled by Ants, Cells & Atoms from the data listed",
  "data_by": [
    "Sender R, Fuchs S, Milo R 2016, PLoS Biology 14(8):e1002533, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002533 (Box 4 and Fig 2; retrieved 2026-10-24)",
    "Bianconi E et al. 2013, Annals of Human Biology 40(6):463-471 (bibliographic record; figures as summarised in Sender 2016), https://doi.org/10.3109/03014460.2013.807878",
    "Azevedo FAC et al. 2009, Journal of Comparative Neurology 513(5):532-541 (abstract), https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.21974",
    "platelet, bone-marrow and other-type counts computed 2026-10-24 for this page from the shares Sender 2016 carried over from Bianconi 2013"
  ]
}