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Chief Cells, Gastric  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Cell, Gastric Zymogenic
  • Cells, Gastric Zymogenic
  • Gastric Chief Cells
  • Gastric Zymogenic Cell
  • Gastric Zymogenic Cells
  • Zymogenic Cell, Gastric
  • Zymogenic Cells, Gastric

Scope note

  • Epithelial cells that line the basal half of the GASTRIC GLANDS. Chief cells synthesize and export an inactive enzyme PEPSINOGEN which is converted into the highly proteolytic enzyme PEPSIN in the acid environment of the STOMACH.

History note

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019872

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