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MAMMALIAN PHENOTYPE - ANNOTATIONS

The Mouse Adult Gross Anatomy Ontology and Mammalian Phenotype Ontology are downloaded weekly from the Mouse Genome Informatics databases at Jackson Laboratories (ftp://ftp.informatics.jax.org/pub/reports/index.html). For more information about these ontologies, see the MGI Publications Page at http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/publications.shtml.

Term:abnormal lacrimal gland myoepithelium morphology
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Accession:MP:0014156 term browser browse the term
Definition:any structural anomaly of the stellate-shaped contractile cells with flattened nuclei and long slender processes that surround the secretory acini and intralobular ducts of the lacrimal gland, located between the epithelium and the basement membrane; myoepithelial cells not only exhibit characteristics of other epithelial cells, such as expression of cytokeratin, but also exhibit properties of smooth muscle cells, such as expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin; their contraction might aid in the expulsion of fluid out of the secretory tubules or help maintain the patency of acinar and ductal lumens
Synonyms:exact_synonym: abnormal lacrimal gland myoepithelial cell morphology;   abnormal lacrimal myoepithelium morphology;   abnormal lacrymal gland myoepithelial cell morphology;   abnormal lacrymal gland myoepithelium morphology;   abnormal lacrymal myoepithelium morphology



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  mammalian phenotype 5420
    endocrine/exocrine gland phenotype 394
      abnormal gland morphology 333
        abnormal exocrine gland morphology 119
          abnormal lacrimal gland morphology 2
            abnormal lacrimal gland myoepithelium morphology 0
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  mammalian phenotype 5420
    vision/eye phenotype 100
      abnormal eye morphology 88
        abnormal ocular surface morphology 2
          abnormal lacrimal apparatus morphology 2
            abnormal lacrimal gland morphology 2
              abnormal lacrimal gland myoepithelium morphology 0
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