enterocyte
A cell found in the lining of the intestines and colon, participating in absorption of nutrients and secretion of digestive enzymes.
Noun
- A cell found in the lining of the intestines and colon, participating in absorption of nutrients and secretion of digestive enzymes.
- ISCs signal to their daughters by Delta-Notch signaling to specify enterocyte versus enteroendocrine cell fate, but the pathway must remain inactive in the ISCs themselves to avoid differentiation. - 2009 January 9,...
Origin
From entero- + -cyte.