Stellate cells are neurons in the central nervous system, named for their star-like shape formed by dendritic processes radiating from the cell body....
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Hepatic stellate cells (HSC), also known as perisinusoidal cells or Ito cells (earlier lipocytes or fat-storing cells), are pericytes found in the perisinusoidal...
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Kupffer cells, also known as stellate macrophages and Kupffer–Browicz cells, are specialized cells localized in the liver within the lumen of the liver...
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Pancreatic stellate cells (PaSCs) are classified as myofibroblast-like cells that are located in exocrine regions of the pancreas. PaSCs are mediated...
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Stellate cells or star shaped cells forms several places in the body. Stellate cells, found in layer I, II, and IV in cortical tissue Hepatic stellate...
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The list of human cell types provides an enumeration and description of the various specialized cells found within the human body, highlighting their...
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Purkinje cell, with basket cells synapsing on the Purkinje cell axon initial segment and stellate cells onto the dendrites. Purkinje cells send inhibitory...
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Pancreatic islets (redirect from Islet cell)
types of cells. In rat islets, endocrine cell types are distributed as follows: Alpha cells producing glucagon (20% of total islet cells) Beta cells producing...
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Hepatocyte (redirect from Liver cell)
Kupffer cells are scattered between endothelial cells; they are part of the reticuloendothelial system and phagocytose spent erythrocytes. Stellate (Ito)...
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are in the liver (with 80–90% of this amount being stored in hepatic stellate cells and the remaining 10–20% being stored in hepatocytes). Fat is another...
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thioacetamide-induced hepatic damage in Wistar rat: investigation on NLRP3, MMP-2, and stellate cell activation". Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology. 391 (11):...
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endothelial cells, and phagocytic Kupffer cells. Hepatic stellate cells are nonparenchymal cells found in the perisinusoidal space, between a sinusoid and...
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basket, stellate and Golgi cells. The parallel axon targets stellate and basket cells and the transverse axon targets Golgi cells. The Lugaro cell axon can...
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Cerebellum (redirect from Granule cell layer)
interneuron: stellate cells and basket cells. Both stellate and basket cells form GABAergic synapses onto Purkinje cell dendrites. Purkinje cells are among...
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lined by a single layer of columnar cells with a brush border of microvilli, very similar to intestinal absorptive cells. Underneath the epithelium is an...
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Pancreatic stellate cell Islets of Langerhans Alpha cell Beta cell PP cell (F cell, gamma cell) Delta cell Epsilon cell Thyroid gland Follicular cell Parafollicular...
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cancer is a form of cancer that is composed of mutated epithelial cells (or cells showing characteristics of epithelial differentiation) that originate...
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Cellular senescence (redirect from Senescent cell)
Damba T, Borghesan M, Demaria M, Moshage H (October 2021). "Hepatic stellate cell senescence in liver fibrosis: Characteristics, mechanisms and perspectives"...
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was discovered in 2001 in hepatic stellate cells during liver fibrosis. Thus, it was originally called "stellate cell activated protein" or STAP. It received...
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pasc in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. PASC may refer to: Pancreatic stellate cell (PaSC) PASC audio compression, a version of MPEG-1 Audio Layer I Post-acute...
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transport. The perisinusoidal space also contains hepatic stellate cells (also known as Ito cells or lipocytes), which store vitamin A in characteristic...
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Liver sinusoid (redirect from Sinusoidal endothelial cell)
cells can take up and destroy foreign material such as bacteria. Hepatocytes are separated from the sinusoids by the space of Disse. Hepatic stellate...
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conjugated bilirubin. Some components are synthesized by hepatocytes (liver cells); the rest are extracted from the blood by the liver. Bile is secreted by...
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Pancreas (redirect from Exocrine pancreas cell)
progenitor cells are precursor cells that differentiate into the functional pancreatic cells, including exocrine centroacinar cells, endocrine islet cells, and...
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believed that molecular layer interneurons (stellate and basket cells) form GABAergic synapses on Golgi cell dendrites. However, more recent research challenges...
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Basal-cell carcinoma (BCC), also known as basal-cell cancer, basalioma, or rodent ulcer, is the most common type of skin cancer. It often appears as a...
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Liver segment Microanatomy Hepatocyte Hepatic stellate cell Kupffer cell Liver sinusoidal endothelial cell Biliary tract Pancreas Gross Tail Body Neck Head...
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Look up stellate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stellate, meaning star-shaped, may be used to describe: Stellate cell (disambiguation) Stellate ganglion...
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of stellate cells, which increases fibrosis through the production of myofibroblasts, and obstructs hepatic blood flow. In addition, stellate cells secrete...
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Cochlear nucleus (redirect from Octopus cells)
of principal cells convey information out of the ventral cochlear nucleus: Bushy cells, stellate cells, and octopus cells. Bushy cells are found mainly...
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