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apocrine gland

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Any exocrine gland whose cells bud their secretions off through the plasma membrane producing membrane-bound vesicles in the lumen; the apical portion of the secretory cell of the gland pinches off and enters the lumen; it loses part of its cytoplasm in their secretions; apocrine secretion is functional during hormonal stress or puberty; an example of true apocrine glands are mammary glands, responsible for secreting breast milk. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna ]

Synonyms: true apocrine gland

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pheno_slim, organ_slim, human_reference_atlas

UBPROP 0000007

apocrine

UBPROP 0000008

Mammary glands are modified apocrine glands present in both humans and mice; unlike humans, mice do not have axillary apocrine sweat glands[MGI:anna]

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UBERON:0008974

present in taxon

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

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