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enterocyte

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enterocyte [′en·tə·rə‚sit]
(histology)
A cell that lines the intestinal wall.


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Glutamine is a favored metabolic fuel for the enterocytes and plays a role in regulating cellular proliferation and differentiation in intestinal tissue.
Glutamine is primarily formed and stored in skeletal muscle and lungs, and is the principal metabolic fuel for small intestine enterocytes, lymphocytes, macrophages, and fibroblasts.
Most Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infections that are associated with severe sequelae such as hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) are caused by attaching and effacing pathogens that carry the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE).
 
 
 
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