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MeSH Heading: Gastrin-Secreting Cells
Tree Number(s): A03.556.875.875.440.300; A06.390.065; A10.615.550.291.300; A11.382.625.055; A11.436.294.055
Unique ID: D019863
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019863
Scope Note: Endocrine cells which secrete GASTRIN, a peptide that induces GASTRIC ACID secretion. They are found predominantly in the GASTRIC GLANDS of PYLORIC ANTRUM in the STOMACH, but can also be found in the DUODENUM, nervous and other tissues.
Entry Term(s): G Cells; Gastrin Cells
Previous Indexing: Gastric Mucosa (1970-1997); Pyloric Antrum (1972-1997)
Public MeSH Note: 2006; see G CELLS 1998-2005
History Note: 2006 (1998)
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1997/06/20
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

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classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Gastrin-Secreting Cells MeSH Descriptor Data 2023