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Enterocytes

"Enterocytes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

Absorptive cells in the lining of the INTESTINAL MUCOSA. They are differentiated EPITHELIAL CELLS with apical MICROVILLI facing the intestinal lumen. Enterocytes are more abundant in the SMALL INTESTINE than in the LARGE INTESTINE. Their microvilli greatly increase the luminal surface area of the cell by 14- to 40 fold.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Enterocytes" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Enterocytes" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 130 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2005
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