Putative interaction of brush cells with bicarbonate secreting cells in the proximal corpus mucosa

The gastric epithelium is protected from the highly acidic luminal content by alkaline mucus which is secreted from specialized epithelial cells. In the stomach of mice strong secretion of alkaline fluid was observed at the gastric groove, the border between corpus and fundus mucosa. Since this regi...

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Main Authors: Julia Anna-Maria Eberle, Kai Lina Müller-Roth, Patricia eWidmayer, Vladimir eChubanov, Thomas eGudermann, Heinz eBreer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2013.00182/full