Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of detection of, or exposure to, an increase in the concentration of salt (particularly but not exclusively sodium and chloride ions) in the environment. (Gene Ontology, GO_0071475)
1 genes participating in the cellular hyperosmotic salinity response biological process from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations 2023 dataset.