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Fig. 9. Overview of Xenopus epidermal cell types and secretions. The epidermis of late tailbud/tadpole embryos has four cell types: ciliated cells, ionocytes, goblet cells and small secretory cells. Otogelin-like is a major secretory glycoprotein secreted from goblet cells and SSCs. Goblet cells also secrete the lectin, Xeel. SSCs also secrete another granular material in their vesicles that has yet to be identified. Other innate defence molecules found in secretions include vitellogenin, apolipoprotein b, complement factors (C3 and C9) and FCGBP/FCGBP-like proteins. Image published in: Dubaissi E et al. (2014) © 2014. This image is reproduced with permission of the journal and the copyright holder. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license Larger Image Printer Friendly View

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