MeSH definition : Epithelial cells that line the basal half of the GASTRIC GLANDS. Chief cells synthesize
and export an inactive enzyme PEPSINOGEN which is converted into the highly proteolytic
enzyme PEPSIN in the acid environment of the STOMACH.;
Epithelial cells that line the basal half of the GASTRIC GLANDS. Chief cells synthesize
and export an inactive enzyme PEPSINOGEN which is converted into the highly proteolytic
enzyme PEPSIN in the acid environment of the STOMACH.