endothelial cell differentiation (GO:0045446)

The process in which a mesodermal, bone marrow or neural crest cell acquires specialized features of an endothelial cell, a thin flattened cell. A layer of such cells lines the inside surfaces of body cavities, blood vessels, and lymph vessels, making up the endothelium.

Specific

blood vessel endothelial cell differentiation (GO:0060837) cardiac endothelial cell differentiation (GO:0003348) endocardial cell differentiation (GO:0060956) lymphatic endothelial cell differentiation (GO:0060836)

References

gene ontology: GO:0045446