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cell

(Enemy combatants), noun enemy group, exxremist group, rebel organization, saboteurs, subversives, unnerground extremists
Associated concepts: enemy combatants, justice courts, miliiary tribunals, Patriotic Act, prison cells, sleeper cell, terrorist cell

cell

(jail), noun cage, cella, chamber, compartment, confined room, confinement, cubicle, cubiculum, enclosed cage, incarceration, jailhouse, penitentiary, pound, prison, prison house, small cavity, small room, solitary abode
See also: chamber, jail, penitentiary, prison

CELL. A small room in a prison. See Dungeon.

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Tolkachev, "Chromatographic detection of melatonin (5-methoxy-Nacetyltryptamine) and its biological precursors in enterochromaffin cells," Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, vol.
Impact of Time-Restricted Feeding and Dawn-to-Sunset Fasting on Circadian Rhythm, Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Mast cells, basophils, neurons and enterochromaffin cells carry out synthesis of histamine.
The nutri-genomic impact on histamine metabolism
Two cells of interest in the brain-gut axis are pinealocytes and enterochromaffin cells. Both types of cells produce melatonin.
Melatonin & irritable bowel syndrome
The most common NET are carcinoid tumors, which arise from enterochromaffin cells that are distributed throughout the GIT and secret serotonin.
An unusual cause for sister Mary Joseph's nodule: a case report
Enterochromaffin cells and 5-HT signaling in the pathophysiology of disorders of gastrointestinal function.
Biological interaction of stress and irritable bowel syndrome
A simple and economical modification of the Masson-Fontana method of staining melanin granules a dn enterochromaffin cells. Stain Technology, v.
Quantification of argyrophillic, argentaffin and insulin immunoreactive cells in the small intestine in the opossum Didelphis aurita (Wied-Neuwied, 1826)/Quantificacao das celulas argirofilas, argentafins e imunorreativas a insulina nos diferentes segmentos do intestino delgado do gamba Didelphis aurita (Wied-Neuwied, 1826)
Yadav and colleagues were the first to show that serotonin produced by the enterochromaffin cells of the duodenum inhibits bone formation and that targeting tryptophan hydroxylase-1 (Tph-1), the rate-limiting enzyme in serotonin synthesis might be an effective strategy to promote new bone formation.
Osteoporosis: new treatments and updates
Stimulation of the vomiting center can occur from the release of serotonin from enterochromaffin cells in the gastrointestinal tract by chemotherapy.
The case of the uncontrolled nausea and vomiting

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