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11antigen-presenting cells — cells that take part in antigen presentation (see under presentation); a group of dendritic cells that arise in the bone marrow and migrate to other body sites. They process antigens and put them on their surfaces to react with lymphocytes and… …
12inducer cells — Cells that induce other nearby cells to differentiate in specified pathways. Perhaps the distinction should be made, as of old, between those cells that evoke a predetermined pathway of differentiation in the target cells and those cells that can …
13islet cells — cells composing the islets of Langerhans, including the alpha cells, beta cells, delta cells, and PP cells …
14islet cells — Cells of the Islets of Langerhans within the pancreas. See A cells, B cells, D cells …
15Sertoli cells — cells found in the walls of the seminiferous tubules of the testis. Compared with the germ cells they appear large and pale. They anchor and probably nourish the developing germ cells, especially the spermatid, which become partly embedded within …
16supporting cells — cells that serve to provide support and protection and perhaps contribute to the nutrition of principal or other cells of certain organs; included are cells in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear, olfactory epithelium, taste buds, and… …
17Langerhans cells — Cells of dendritic appearance, strongly MHC Class II positive and weakly phagocytic, found in the basal layers of the epidermis where they serve as accessory cells, responsible for antigen processing and antigen presentation. Having been exposed… …
18Malassez cells — Cells found in the periodontal ligament as ‘epithelial rests of Malassez’. Malassez cells retain the major characteristics of epithelial cells throughout their differentiation from the root sheath epithelium into the rests of Malassez …
19reticulum cells — Cells of the reticuloendothelial system, found particularly in lymph nodes, bone marrow, and spleen. In lymph nodes they are stromal cells and probably not reticuloendothelial cells in the current sense of that term …
20argentaffin cells — cells that stain readily with silver salts. Such cells occur, for example, in the crypts of Lieberkühn in the intestine. * * * enterochromaffin cells whose granules stain readily with chromium and silver salts, located in the basilar portions of… …
