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prostate glandular acinus

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A saclike structure of the prostate gland, comprised of at least three cell layers: an innermost layer of secretory columnar luminal epithelium, a middle layer of squamous basal epithelium that also contains neuroendocrine cells, transit amplifying cells, and stem cells, and an outer layer of smooth muscle intermixed with other stromal cells [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0060525 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18977204 ]

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Label

prostate glandular acinus

Synonyms
  • prostatic acinus
  • prostatic follicle
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development notes

Concurrent with branching morphogenesis, the solid cords of epithelium formed by budding arborize and differentiate postnatally into glandular acin. The basic prostate architecture is established by puberty and acquires secretory function thereafter[PMID:18977204]

editor note

the muscle layer is implicitly treated as outside the acinus

id

UBERON:0004179