pit cell

The chamber was small, with six or so pit cells in the floor.

Gastric pit cells are replaced every 2-4 days.

All the patients with high pitted cell counts were currently drinking and none of the eight reformed drinkers (five with biopsy proven cirrhosis) had abnormal counts.

Mucous neck and pit cells: Produce mucin and bicarbonate to create a "neutral zone" to protect the stomach lining from the acid or irritants in the stomach chyme.

Of the remaining three patients who had had infections but normal pitted cell counts, one had recently finished a course of treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis and a fifth had culture negative pneumonia.

The stomach lining also possess populations of LGR5+ve stem cells, although there are two conflicting theories: one is that LGR5+ve stem cells reside in the isthmus, the region between the pit cells and gland cells, where most cellular proliferation takes place.