enterocito
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Enterocytes, or intestinal absorptive cells, are simple columnar epithelial cells which line the inner surface of the small and large intestines. A glycocalyx surface coat contains digestive enzymes. Microvilli on the apical surface increase its surface area. This facilitates transport of numerous small molecules into the enterocyte from the intestinal lumen. These include broken down proteins, fats, and sugars, as well as water, electrolytes, vitamins, and bile salts. Enterocytes also have an endocrine role, secreting hormones such as leptin.
Key facts
- Cell.Name
- Enterocyte
- Cell.Latin
- enterocytus
- Cell.Image
- File:Cell enterocyte.png
- Cell.Caption
- Schematic drawing of an enterocyte: the intestinal lumen is above the brush border.
- Cell.Location
- Small intestine
- Cell.Shape
- Simple columnar
- Cell.Function
- Epithelial cells
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Research
15,121 papers- BMP gradient along the intestinal villus axis controls zonated enterocyte and goblet cell states.Cell reports · 2022
- iPSC-Derived Enterocyte-like Cells for Drug Absorption and Metabolism Studies.Trends in molecular medicine · 2018
- Enterocyte-afferent nerve interactions in dietary fat sensing.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2014
- TRAUMA AND THE ENTEROCYTE: DISTURBANCE OF COMMUNICATION AND DELINEATION.Shock (Augusta, Ga.) · 2025
- Enterocyte fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs): different functions of liver and intestinal FABPs in the intestine.Prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and essential fatty acids · 2015
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cell type
- Part of
- intestinal epithelium
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- native label
- enterocytus
- Commons category
- Enterocytes
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Article · Español
Los enterocitos son células epiteliales del intestino encargadas de realizar: la absorción de diversos nutrientes esenciales, el transporte de agua y electrolitos al interior del organismo y la secreción de proteína en la luz intestinal. Poseen abundante número de microvellosidades en su polo apical las que incrementan el área tanto para la digestión como para el transporte intestinal. Los enterocitos cumplen con la función fundamental de formar la barrera intestinal que presenta característica biomecánica, bioquímica e inmunológica.Se originan en las criptas de Lieberkühn y migran hacia las vellosidades intestinales de cuyo extremo se desprenden, luego de cinco a siete días, cuando terminan su ciclo vital.
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