G cell

<h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>

<p>G cells have a distinctive microscopic appearance that allows one to separate them from other cells in the gastric antrum; their nuclei are centrally located in the cell. They are found in the middle portion of the <a href="/facts/Fundic_glands/SQv79wXT">gastric glands</a>.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_human_cell_types_derived_from_the_germ_layers/5n1hdw80">List of human cell types derived from the germ layers</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li> Media related to G cell at Wikimedia Commons</li>
<li><a href="http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/G+cell">Definition at thefreedictionary.com</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"G cell", Medcyclopaedia, GE[dead link‍] <a href="http://www.medcyclopaedia.com/library/topics/volume_iv_1/g/G_cell.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.medcyclopaedia.com/library/topics/volume_iv_1/g/G_cell.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Guyton, Arthur C.; John E. Hall (2006). Textbook of Medical Physiology (11 ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders. p. 797. ISBN 0-7216-0240-1. <a href="0-7216-0240-1" target="_blank">0-7216-0240-1</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Mommersteeg MC, Yu BT, van den Bosch TP, von der Thüsen JH, Kuipers EJ, Doukas M, Spaander MC, Peppelenbosch MP, Fuhler GM (October 2022). "Constitutive programmed death ligand 1 expression protects gastric G-cells from Helicobacter pylori-induced inflammation". Helicobacter. 27 (5): e12917. doi:10.1111/hel.12917. PMC 9542424. PMID 35899973. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9542424" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9542424</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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