Enterocytes
"Enterocytes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Absorptive cells in the lining of the INTESTINAL MUCOSA. They are differentiated EPITHELIAL CELLS with apical MICROVILLI facing the intestinal lumen. Enterocytes are more abundant in the SMALL INTESTINE than in the LARGE INTESTINE. Their microvilli greatly increase the luminal surface area of the cell by 14- to 40 fold.
| Descriptor ID |
D020895
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.124.369.290 A10.615.550.444.290 A11.436.290
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Enterocytes" by people in Profiles.
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Singhi AD, Goyal A, Davison JM, Regueiro MD, Roche RL, Ranganathan S. Pediatric autoimmune enteropathy: an entity frequently associated with immunodeficiency disorders. Mod Pathol. 2014 Apr; 27(4):543-53.