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hepatic pit cell

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_2000054

A large, granular, liver specific natural killer cell that adheres to the endothelial cells of the hepatic sinusoid. [ GOC:dos http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9408963 ]

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Pit cells are named for the presence of large cytoplasmic granules that resemble pits (pips) of fruit.

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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

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