Many studies have been conducted to determine the composition of the glycoconjugates of the mucus-secreting cells of the fundic glands of the stomach. However, the chief cells of these glands have been largely ignored because they secrete mainly zymogens with a lower glycosylation. The aim of ...
Gastric gland, any of the branched tubules in the inner lining of the stomach that secrete gastric juice and protective mucus. There are three types of gastric glands, distinguished from one another by location and type of secretion. The cardiac gastric