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Origin of secretory
First recorded in 1685–95; secret(ion) + -ory 1
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Looking closely at the intestines, Colozza saw that intestines lacking Rnf43 were full of a specific type of secretory cells, the Paneth cells.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 24, 2023
This elevated Anxa10 expression was found to influence intracellular calcium homeostasis, leading to a reduction in insulin secretory capacity.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2023
From an evolutionary point of view, early neurons might have started as something like the peptidergic secretory cells of today's placozoans.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2023
The mesodermal tissues include mesenchymal cells that contain collagen and support secretory cells that secrete mucus and other materials at the surface.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
A number of people have been found in the course of routine stomach examinations who proved to have no secretory function of the stomach and yet suffered no symptoms at all attributable to this fact.
From Health Through Will Power by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
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