- vitamins, and bile salts.
Enterocytes also have an
endocrine role,
secreting hormones such as leptin. The
major functions of
enterocytes include: Ion uptake...
-
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...
- The
locus of
enterocyte effacement (LEE) is a
moderately conserved pathogenicity island consisting of 35,000 base
pairs in the
bacteria Escherichia coli...
-
levels are
balanced by the
controlled absorption of
dietary iron by
enterocytes, the
cells that line the
interior of the intestines, and the uncontrolled...
- 6 mm in
length (in humans), and has many
microvilli projecting from the
enterocytes of its
epithelium which collectively form the
striated or
brush border...
- The
jejunum is
specialized for the
absorption through its
lining by
enterocytes:
small nutrient particles which have been
previously digested by enzymes...
-
neuroendocrine promoter, is
active in
pancreatic islet cells,
neural tissue, and
enterocytes (small
intestine cells) to
produce the "neuroendocrine isoform" of glucokinase...
-
Dipeptidases are
enzymes secreted by
enterocytes into the
small intestine.
Dipeptidases hydrolyze bound pairs of
amino acids,
called dipeptides. Dipeptidases...
-
tract via p****ive diffusion.
Unlike retinol, β-carotene is
taken up by
enterocytes by the
membrane transporter protein scavenger receptor B1 (SCARB1), which...
