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Brush cell

Known as: brush cells, cell brush 
A cell characterized by the presence of a tuft of blunt, squat microvilli (120-140/cell) on the cell surface. The microvilli contain filaments that… 
National Institutes of Health

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6 relations
EpitheliumEpithelium of bronchus

Broader (2)

Epithelium of terminal bronchioleEpithelium of trachea

Narrower (2)

Plasma membraneProtoplasm

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2009
2009
Different responses of Fe transporters in Caco‐2/HT29‐MTX cocultures than in independent Caco‐2 cell cultures
2008
2008
Purification and biological effects of L-amino acid oxidase isolated from Bothrops insularis venom.
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Nitric oxide synthase and NADP-linked glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase are co-localized in brush cells of rat stomach and pancreas.
The epithelia of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tract and their appendages contain a distinct population of disseminated… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Rabbit ileal villus cell brush border Na+/H+ exchange is regulated by Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, a brush border membrane protein.
Ileal brush border membranes contain an endogenous Ca2+/calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase activity that modulates the… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Identification of insulin receptors on the mucosal surface of colon epithelial cells.
1984
1984
Development of the embryonic murine kidney in normal and congenital polycystic kidney disease: characterization of a proximal tubular degenerative process as the first observable light microscopic…
1981
1981
The brush cells of the common bile duct of the rat
SummaryTwo different fixative procedures (immersion and perfusion) and four different fixative solutions were used in order to… 
1980
1980
Effect of sucrose refeeding on disaccharidase and aminopeptidase activities of intestinal villus and crypt cells in adult rats. Evidence for a sucrose-dependent induction of sucrase in the crypt…
1973
1973
Morphological surface changes in the terminal bronchiolar region of NO2-exposed rat lung.
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
The alveolar brush cell in rat lung--a third pneumonocyte.
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