Editorial
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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 14, 2011; 17(10): 1249-1260
Published online Mar 14, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i10.1249
Figure 1
Figure 1 The regions of the stomach. In the stomach, undifferentiated stem cells located in the neck region migrate outwards or inwards specializing into mucous, parietal, chief and endocrine cells. In this figure, the antrum is shown at a three-fold larger magnification than the other images of the stomach. Ghrelin expression has been detected throughout the human gastric mucosa with strongest expression in the oxyntic mucosa.