enterocyte

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.

词形变化

enterocytes plural

词源

From entero- + -cyte.
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