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Interstitial Cell of Cajal
A specialized cell found throughout the gastrointestinal tract. These cells are essential for normal gastrointestinal motility by functioning as the pacemaker cells in gastrointestinal muscles. They mediate or transduce inputs from enteric motor nerves to the smooth muscle syncytium. (NCI Thesaurus)
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