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EPITHELIAL CELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("epithelial cell" is a kind of...):
somatic cell; vegetative cell (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "epithelial cell"):
columnar cell; columnar epithelial cell (an epithelial cell that is shaped like a column; some have cilia)
cuboidal cell; cuboidal epithelial cell (an epithelial cell that shaped like a cube)
goblet cell (an epithelial cell that secretes mucous)
hair cell (a sensory epithelial cell present in the organ of Corti)
squamous cell (an epithelial cell that is flat like a plate and form a single layer of epithelial tissue)
gustatory cell; taste cell (an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve)
Holonyms ("epithelial cell" is a part of...):
epithelial tissue; epithelium (membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body)
Context examples:
A cell that can only differentiate to a particular type of cells (e.g. hematopoietic cells or epithelial cells). —2005
(Multipotent Stem Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
TLR2 plays a key role in innate immune responses and is expressed in high levels in lymphoid cells as well as low levels in epithelial cells.
(NFKB Activation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
A substance found on certain epithelial cells (cells that cover organs, glands, and other body surfaces) and on breast cells involved in making milk.
(MUC-1 Antigen, NCI Dictionary)
A protein found on certain epithelial cells, which line the inside and outside surfaces of the body.
(MUC-1, NCI Dictionary)
Malignant breast carcinoma epithelial cells exhibit over expression of MLN51.
(MLN51 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
A neoplasm or the cellar region presumed to be derived from Rathke's pouch epithelial cells.
(Mouse Craniopharyngioma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
The hGCC protein is normally restricted to intestinal epithelial cells but is overexpressed by metastatic colorectal tumors.
(Adenovirus 5-Human Guanylyl Cyclase C-PADRE Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
Morphologically, it is characterized by the presence of malignant epithelial cells without evidence of glandular or squamous differentiation.
(Ampulla of Vater Undifferentiated Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
An epithelial cell that occurs in human disease or in models of human disease.
(Abnormal Epithelial Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
It shows just the opposite, with few toxic agents compared to epithelial cells.
(Brazil scientists discover Zika virus inhibitor, Agência Brasil)
