• Microfold cells (or M cells) are found in the gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) of the Peyer's patches in the small intestine, and in the mucosa-associated...
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    nodules that contain large numbers of lymphocytes and immune cells, like microfold cells. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) image of human jejunum...
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    specialized cells called microfold cells (M cells) which sample antigen directly from the lumen and deliver it to antigen-presenting cells (located in...
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    as colonocytes in colon), Goblet cells, enteroendocrine cells, Paneth cells, microfold cells, cup cells and tuft cells. Their functions are listed here:...
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  • M cells may refer to: Microfold cell Magnocellular cell Motilin secreting cells of the gastrointestinal tract This disambiguation page lists articles...
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    Goblet cells are simple columnar epithelial cells that secrete gel-forming mucins, like mucin 2 in the lower gastrointestinal tract, and mucin 5AC in the...
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    lysozyme; microfold cells, which take up and transport antigens from the lumen to lymphatic cells of the lamina propria; and enteroendocrine cells, which...
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    Delta cells, D cells secrete somatostatin. found in crypts of the small intestine, especially in the duodenum and jejunum. Different from the Microfold cells...
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    poliovirus, influenza A and B, rotavirus, vibrio cholerae and many others. Microfold cell "Mucosal immunology - Latest research and news". Nature Portfolio. Springer...
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    Microvillus (category Epithelial cells)
    importance on the cell surface of white blood cells, as they aid in the migration of white blood cells. Microvilli are formed as cell extensions from the...
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    enteroendocrine cells S cell Delta cell Cholecystokinin Enterochromaffin cell Goblet cell Brunner's gland cell Paneth cell Tuft cell Enterocyte Microfold cell Hepatocyte...
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  • epithelial cells and a small number of specialized epithelial cells called microfold cells (M cells) in between. Unlike enterocytes, these M cells present...
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    papilla Minor duodenal papilla Duodenojejunal flexure Brunner's glands Jejunum No substructures Ileum Ileocecal valve Peyer's patches Microfold cells...
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    types of cells: enterocytes (absorbing water and electrolytes), goblet cells (secreting mucus), enteroendocrine cells (secreting hormones), cup cells, myofibroblast...
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    mammalian mucosal immune function, particularly B cell-mediated immune responses and extrathymically derived T cells. This structure helps in the proper movement...
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    another two cell types–gastric chief cells and parietal cells (oxyntic cells). Foveolar cells (surface mucous cells) are mucus-producing cells which cover...
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    Retrieved January 20, 2014. Rosenthal, Martha (2012). Human Sexuality: From Cells to Society. Cengage Learning. pp. 133–135. ISBN 978-0-618-75571-4. Retrieved...
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    villi. Scalebar = 0.2 mm. Enterocytes, along with goblet cells, represent the principal cell types of the epithelium of the villi in the small intestine...
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  • other molecules into or out of the cell. Specialized cells in the intestinal epithelium called microfold cells (M cells) will sample bacteria and their antigens...
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    surface of internal organs. It consists of one or more layers of epithelial cells overlying a layer of loose connective tissue. It is mostly of endodermal...
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    pancreas, enterocytes lining the intestinal epithelium, and microfold cells also known as mucosal cells, mainly found in gut-associated lymphoid tissue of the...
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    papilla Minor duodenal papilla Duodenojejunal flexure Brunner's glands Jejunum No substructures Ileum Ileocecal valve Peyer's patches Microfold cells...
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    papilla Minor duodenal papilla Duodenojejunal flexure Brunner's glands Jejunum No substructures Ileum Ileocecal valve Peyer's patches Microfold cells...
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    mucous cells and G cells that secrete gastrin. The pylorus also contains scattered parietal cells and neuroendocrine cells. These endocrine cells include...
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    is secreted by endocrine Mo cells (also referred to as M cells, which are not the same as the M cells, or microfold cells, found in Peyer's patches) that...
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    nucleated cells (simple squamous epithelium) which produce the lubricating serous fluid. This fluid has a consistency similar to thin mucus. These cells are...
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    high concentration of goblet cells in amongst the column-shaped lining. Goblet cells can be seen as the circular cells with a clear inner material (cytoplasm)...
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    PMID 34152020. Drucker, Daniel J. (2006-03-01). "The biology of incretin hormones". Cell Metabolism. 3 (3): 153–165. doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2006.01.004. ISSN 1550-4131...
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  • of birds only have one type of cell that produces both HCl and pepsinogen, unlike mammals, which have different cell types for each of those productions...
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    gives rise to endoskeletal support through the contribution of neural crest cells. Pharyngeal jaws are a "second set" of jaws contained within the pharynx...
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