what cells secrete pepsinogen
pepsinogen. a zymogen secreted by the chief cells of the gastric glands and converted into pepsin in the presence of gastric acid or of pepsin itself.plasma pepsinogen. high levels are indicative of extensive mucosal damage in the abomasum, as in ostertagiasis in ruminants. proenzyme formed and secreted by the chief cells of the gastric mucosa; the acidity of the gastric juice and pepsin itself remove 42 amino acid residues from pepsinogen to form active pepsin. Synonym(s): propepsin. [ pepsin + G. -gen, producing].