Interstitial Cells of Cajal

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MSH: c-Kit positive cells related to smooth muscle cells that are intercalated between the autonomic nerves and the effector smooth muscle cells of the gastrointestinal tract. Different phenotypic classes play roles as pacemakers, mediators of neural inputs, and mechanosensors.,NCI: A specialized cell found throughout the gastrointestinal tract. These cells are essential for normal gastrointestinal motility by functioning as the pacemaker cells in gastrointestinal muscles. They mediate or transduce inputs from enteric motor nerves to the smooth muscle syncytium.,CSP: interstitial gastrointestinal cell serving a pacemaker function.

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