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Cells > Epithelial Cells > Enteroendocrine Cells
Cells > Endocrine Cells > Enteroendocrine Cells
Endocrine System > Enteroendocrine Cells

Preferred term

Enteroendocrine Cells  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Cells found throughout the lining of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT that contain and secrete regulatory PEPTIDE HORMONES and/or BIOGENIC AMINES. These cells produce SECRETIN and are found in the MUCOSA of upper SMALL INTESTINE and PYLORIC ANTRUM in mammals. Secretin also has been found in cells in the BRAIN and other tissues. Intestinal L cells are located in the MUCOSA of distal ILEUM and COLON. They secrete GLUCAGON-like peptides (GLP-1 and GLP-2), and peptide tyrosine tyrosine (PYY or PEPTIDE YY).

Entry terms

  • Endocrine Cells, Gastrointestinal
  • Endocrine Cells of Gut

In other languages

  • French

  • Cellule endocrine digestive
  • Cellule endocrine gastrointestinale
  • Cellule entéro-endocrine
  • Cellule entéroendocrine
  • Cellules endocrines de l'intestin
  • Cellules endocrines digestives
  • Cellules endocrines du tube digestif
  • Cellules endocrines entériques
  • Cellules endocrines gastro-intestinales
  • Cellules endocrines gastrointestinales
  • Cellules entéro-endocrines

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-T20T68LL-W

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