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Structure of thyroid parafollicular cell

Known as: Parafollicular cell, cells parafollicular, Parafollicular cell of thyroid gland 
A neuroendocrine cell found in the thyroid gland interspersed among the follicular cells or in clusters between the follicles. It produces and… 
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Clear cellDiffuse C-Cell HyperplasiaEpitheliumFamilial medullary thyroid carcinoma

Broader (1)

Parenchyma of thyroid gland

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Plasma membraneProtoplasm

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2011
2011
Mysteries of the cell. How does a cell know its size?
Mysteries of the CellCells come in many sizes, although cells of the same type tend to be roughly the same size. Biologists have… 
2007
2007
Mechanisms of Aging in Bone Marrow Stem Cells
Settling into middle-age typically brings the unpleasant realization that many things don’t work quite like they used to. Spicy… 
2007
2007
Wnt makes stem cells act their age
![Graphic][1] The bulge region of a hair follicle is normally packed with stem cells (left), but the cells are scarce if klotho… 
1999
1999
Synthesis of (2S, 5S)- trans-5-(4- fluorophenoxymethyl) -2-(1-N-hydroxy ureidyl-3-butyn-4-yl) -tetrahydrofuran– (CMI-977)
Abstract 
1995
1995
Discriminant a analysis o on s small c cell llung c cancer a and non-small c cell llung c cancer b by m means o of N NSE a and C CYFRA-21.1
Discriminant analysis on small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer by means of NSE and CYFRA-21.1. G. Paone, G. De… 
1976
1976
RNA metabolism of murine leukemia virus. III. Identification and quantitation of endogenous virus-specific mRNA in the uninfected BALB/c cell line JLS-V9
mRNA containing type C endogenous virus-specific sequences was indentified in JLS-V9 cells (an uninfected BALB/c-derived cell… 
1976
1976
Expression of virus structural proteins on murine cell surfaces in association with the production of murine leukaemia virus.
We have used a quantitative radiolabelled antibody procedure to measure the amount of certain virus structural antigens on the… 
1975
1975
Ectopic Apudocarcinomas and Associated Endocrine Hyperplasias of the Foregut
Foregut endocrine polypeptide-secreting APUD cells (Amine-Precursor-Uptake and Decarboxylation), in their embryologic migration… 
1969
1969
Thyrocalcitonin activity in metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma. Further evidence for its parafollicular cell origin.
The distinctive histologic entity, medullary (solid) carcinoma of the thyroid, 1 has attracted much attention lately because of… 
1948
1948
Parafollicular cell adenoma of the thyroid gland.