The University of Chicago Header Logo

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.

expand / collapse MeSH information
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.


expand / collapse publications
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Enterocytes" by people in this website by year, and whether "Enterocytes" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 15 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2016
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.