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MeSH Heading: Chief Cells, Gastric
Tree Number(s): A03.556.875.875.440.150; A10.615.550.291.150; A11.436.150
Unique ID: D019872
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019872
Scope Note: Epithelial cells that line the basal half of the GASTRIC GLANDS. Chief cells synthesize and export an inactive enzyme PEPSINOGEN which is converted into the highly proteolytic enzyme PEPSIN in the acid environment of the STOMACH.
Entry Term(s): Gastric Chief Cells; Gastric Zymogenic Cells
Previous Indexing: Gastric Mucosa (1966-1997)
Public MeSH Note: 98
History Note: 98
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1997/06/20
Revision Date: 2005/06/30

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