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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...
- The
locus of
enterocyte effacement (LEE) is a
moderately conserved pathogenicity island consisting of 35,000 base
pairs in the
bacteria Escherichia coli...
- The
locus of
enterocyte effacement-encoded
regulator (Ler) is a
regulatory protein that
controls bacterial pathogenicity of
enteropathogenic Escherichia...
- the bile,
followed by
entry into the
small intestine,
absorption by the
enterocyte and
transport back to the liver.
Enterohepatic circulation is an especially...
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villi are
covered by epithelium,
which contains multiple types of cells:
enterocytes (absorbing
water and electrolytes),
goblet cells (secreting mucus), enteroendocrine...
- reptiles, and birds. Its
lining is
specialized for the
absorption by
enterocytes of
small nutrient molecules which have been
previously digested by enzymes...
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occurs in two stages. The
first is via
intestinal epithelial cells (
enterocytes).
Sodium p****es into
these cells by co-transport with glucose, via the...
- plastin-1),
villin and
espin to form the core of the microvilli. In the
enterocyte microvillus, the
structural core is
attached to the
plasma membrane along...
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formation of
monoglycerides and
fatty acids.
These lipids are
absorbed into
enterocytes via p****ive diffusion.
Inside these cells,
monoglycerides and
fatty acids...
- and monoglycerides.
These then p**** from the
intestinal lumen into the
enterocyte,
where they are re-esterified to form triglyceride. The
triglyceride is...
