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CL Term : peptic cell [CL:0000155] Cell Ontology

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description  An epithelial cell of the stomach that is part of the fundic gastric gland. This cell is characterized by a basally located nucleus, abundant rough endoplasmic reticulum, and large apical secretory granules. It produces and secretes pepsinogen, the inactive precursor of the digestive enzyme pepsin.
  • synonyms:
  • gastric chief cell,
  • zymogenic cell,
  • chief cell of stomach,
  • pepsinogen secreting cell
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