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Synonyms
zymogenic cell of gastric gland, chief cell, pepsinogen cell, peptic cell, Exogenocytus principalis
General information
Predominate in the fundus, secreting pepsinogen. Epithelial cells that line the basal half of the gastric glands. Chief cells synthesise and secrete pepsinogen, a precursor of the enzyme pepsin.