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What does chromaffin mean?

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Adjective
  1. (cytology) Having an affinity for (and thus being stained brownish yellow) by chromium salts
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Paraganglioma is a rare chromaffin cell tumour from extraadrenal symphatetic tissue and is mostly located in the abdomen.
The peripheral 5-HT is synthesized in GIT chromaffin cells, released in blood and stored in platelets.
Paragangliomas are rare chromaffin cell tumours that derive from neural crest origin.
Phaeochromocytomas are neuro-endocrine catecholamine-secreting tumours that arise from chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla or sympathetic paraganglia.
Albillos laboratory demonstrated that the alpha6beta4 subtype is the main nAChR expressed in human adrenal chromaffin cells.
For example, our results may help explain the motions of secretory granules in chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla.

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