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    Enteroendocrine cells are specialized cells of the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas with endocrine function. They produce gastrointestinal hormones...
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    parietal cells, that aid in the production of gastric acid via the release of histamine. They are also considered a type of enteroendocrine cell. ECL cells synthesize...
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    A neuropod cell is a specialized enteroendocrine cell (i.e., sensory epithelial cell) within the gut that is capable of synapsing with afferent nerves...
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    Mesothelial cell Pneumocyte Type I cell Type II cell Club cell Goblet cell Pulmonary neuroendocrine cell Enteroendocrine cell G cell Delta cell Enterochromaffin-like...
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    Renin producing cells in the kidney Apudoma Enteroendocrine cell Neuroendocrine cell List of human cell types derived from the germ layers Boyd, C. A...
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    Enterochromaffin (EC) cells (also known as Kulchitsky cells) are a type of enteroendocrine cell, and neuroendocrine cell. They reside alongside the epithelium...
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    Paneth cells are cells in the small intestine epithelium, alongside goblet cells, enterocytes, and enteroendocrine cells. Some can also be found in the...
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    types are the secretory cells – goblet cells, Paneth cells, enteroendocrine cells, and Tuft cells. Paneth cells are absent in the colon. As part of its...
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  • Argentaffin (redirect from Argentaffin cell)
    Argentaffin refers to cells which take up silver stain. Enteroendocrine cells are sometimes also called "argentaffins", because they take up this stain...
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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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    (/ˈɡrɛlɪn/; or lenomorelin, INN) is a hormone primarily produced by enteroendocrine cells of the gastrointestinal tract, especially the stomach, and is often...
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    System at Boston University - "Ultrastructure of the Cell: chief cells and enteroendocrine cell" Histology image: 11304loa – Histology Learning System...
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    types of cells: enterocytes (absorbing water and electrolytes), goblet cells (secreting mucus), enteroendocrine cells (secreting hormones), cup cells, tuft...
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  • paracrine secretion from the enteroendocrine cells in the gastric glands. Gastrin is a hormone produced by enteroendocrine G cells in the pyloric glands. All...
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    Cholecystokinin, formerly called pancreozymin, is synthesized and secreted by enteroendocrine cells in the duodenum, the first segment of the small intestine. Its presence...
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    There is estimated to be about 30 trillion (3×1013) human cells in the adult human body, varying from about 20 to 40 trillion depending on the sex, age...
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    and so serve a crucial role in the pH buffering system. Enteroendocrine cells or argentaffin cells – They are usually present in the basal parts of the gastric...
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    gene expression is induced by gastrin-releasing peptide in a mouse enteroendocrine cell line". Endocrinology. 137 (9): 3710–6. doi:10.1210/en.137.9.3710...
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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 secrete...
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    Ovary (redirect from Ovarian cell)
    Follicular cells are flat epithelial cells that originate from surface epithelium covering the ovary. They are surrounded by granulosa cells that have...
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  • Enterochromaffin and enterochromaffin-like cells, both being enteroendocrine cells, are also considered neuroendocrine cells due to their structural and functional...
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  • hormones (or gut hormones) constitute a group of hormones secreted by enteroendocrine cells in the stomach, pancreas, and small intestine that control various...
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  • 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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    Bat-Erdene (2020-02-01). "Microbial Control of Intestinal Homeostasis via Enteroendocrine Cell Innate Immune Signaling". Trends in Microbiology. 28 (2): 141–149...
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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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    Microvillus (category Epithelial cells)
    importance on the cell surface of white blood cells, as they aid in the migration of white blood cells. As mentioned, microvilli are formed as cell extensions...
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  • responsible for the maintenance of intestinal stem cells and is used as a marker for those types of cells in Drosophila. Apart from its expression in the...
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    cell Epsilon cell Pineal gland Pinealocyte Corpora arenacea Other Enteroendocrine cell Paraganglia Organ of Zuckerkandl Placenta Development List of human...
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    epithelial cells (e.g. beta cells, alpha cells, delta cells, enteroendocrine cells, pulmonary neuroendocrine cells, pinealocytes), glial cells (e.g. astrocytes)...
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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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