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Chief cell

Known as: Chief Cells 
Epithelial cells that line the basal half of the gastric glands. They synthesize and secrete pepsinogen, a precursor of the enzyme pepsin. (MeSH)
National Institutes of Health

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2012
2012
Distribution and regulation of the 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 1α-hydroxylase in human parathyroid glands
1991
1991
Synthesis and prostaglandin E2-induced secretion of surfactant phospholipid by isolated gastric mucous cells.
1988
1988
Occurence, ontogeny, ultrastructure and some plasticity of CGRP (calcitonin gene-related peptide)-immunoreactive nerves in the carotid body of rats
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Glutathione modulates toxic oxygen metabolite injury of canine chief cell monolayers in primary culture.
Cultured canine gastric chief cells exposed to a toxic oxygen metabolite-generating system (xanthine plus xanthine oxidase… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Pepsinogen secretion from dispersed chief cells from guinea pig stomach.
In the present study we examined the actions of various secretagogues on pepsinogen secretion from freshly dispersed chief cells… 
1984
1984
Effect of omeprazole on gastric secretion in H+,K+-ATPase and in pepsinogen-rich cell fractions from rabbit gastric mucosa.
1983
1983
Regulation of pepsinogen release from canine chief cells in primary monolayer culture.
To study the regulation of pepsinogen secretion by chief cells, we have developed techniques for the isolation, enrichment, and… 
1973
1973
Differentiation of pepsinogen-producing cells in the fundic and pyloric mucosa of developing rats.
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
An electron microscopic study on innervation of the carotid body of guinea pig.
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Differentiation of Immature Mucous Cells into Parietal, Argyrophil, and Chief Cells in Stomach Grafts
Microscopic and submicroscopic studies on regenerating gastric mucosa neonatally grafted in the subcutaneous tissue of littermate… 
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