Cholinergic epithelial cell with chemosensory traits in murine thymic medulla
Cholinergic epithelial cell with chemosensory traits in murine thymic medulla
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag
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English
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag
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Specialized epithelial cells with a tuft of apical microvilli (“brush cells”) sense luminal content and initiate protective reflexes in response to potentially harmful substances. They utilize the canonical taste transduction cascade to detect “bitter” substances such as bacterial quorum-sensing molecules. In the respiratory tract, most of these ce...
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Cholinergic epithelial cell with chemosensory traits in murine thymic medulla
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4233111
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4233111
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0302-766X
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1432-0878
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10.1007/s00441-014-2002-x
