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vesicle

Small sac containing liquid. It is the medical term for a blister or elevation of the outer layer of the skin (epidermis) containing serous fluid. In cell biology, it is also used to describe certain temporary membrane-enclosed compartments, for example in the Golgi apparatus.



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Miller says the idea of infectious nanoparticles is still controversial, she concludes that, "Nanoparticles might serve as an inflammatory stimulus that initiates cell transdifferentiation, stimulate the formation of matrix vesicles, or simply form a nidus for subsequent inorganic calcium accumulation.
 
 
 
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