Supporting Cells and Hair Cells in the Inner Ear (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Supporting Cells and Hair Cells in the Inner Ear

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Cross section of the sensory epithelium of the developing inner ear in a mouse showing the calcium activated chloride channel TMEM16A (green) in the membranes of supporting cells that surround inner hair cells (red).

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Han Chin Wang and Dwight E. Bergles

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