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Meanings of columnar cell in English

An epithelial cell that is shaped like a column; some have cilia.

        Cell type.

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                Examples for "columnar epithelial cell"
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                Columnar epithelial cells lining the papillary structures stained variably and weakly for this distal respiratory cell marker.
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                Antiserum to sodium-potassium-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase bound to the basolateral but not the apical plasmalemma of columnar epithelial cells.
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                Lungs were cystic, filling the thoracic cavity, and were composed of numerous dilated saccules lined with glycogen-containing columnar epithelial cells.
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                Antropyloric and intestinal-type metaplasia of gastric columnar epithelial cells occurs commonly in the setting of atrophic gastritis in both adults and pediatric patients.
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                The monolayer of columnar epithelial cells lining the gastrointestinal tract-theintestinal epithelial barrier (IEB)-isthe largest exchange surface between the body and the external environment.
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                Usage of columnar cell in English
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                Background: Esophageal adenocarcinoma commonly arises from a precancerous condition, Barrett's esophagus, in which the normal squamous epithelium is replaced by a columnar cell-lined epithelium.
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                Columnar cells and occasional glandular structures were also seen.
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                Colloid-empty follicles, tubular or elongated, were lined by pseudostratified tall, columnar cells with clear cytoplasm.
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                Cell elongation changes cuboidal cells into columnar cells, and apical constriction then causes them to adopt apically narrow, wedge-like shapes.
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                These results suggest that endometriosis may originate from the columnar cells with ERs and PRs in the pelvic peritoneal lining.
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                Non-neoplastic control colon showed carbonic anhydrase I and II in the cytoplasm of the columnar cells lining the upper half of the crypts.
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