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[enteroendocrine cell]
Collective term (also: gut endocrine cells; abbr. in various publications: EE cells). for hormonally active epithelial cells in the gut that constitute the diffuse neuroendocrine system of the gut. They belong to one of several epithelial cell lineages in the gastrointestinal tract, which differ from each other in morphology and function (Wright, 2000). Enteroendocrine cells are derived from the endodermal epithelium and not from the neural crest or neuroectoderm as thought previously (May and Kaestner, 2010). These cells arise, together with gut epithelial cells, enterocytes, Paneth cells, and
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