Enteroendocrine cells: a review of their role in brain–gut communication

Latorre, Rocco; Sternini, Catia; De Giorgio, Roberto; Greenwood–Van Meerveld, Beverley

doi:10.1111/nmo.12754

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Enteroendocrine cells: a review of their role in brain–gut communication

Published in Neurogastroenterology & Motility • Dec 21, 2015

Authors:

Rocco Latorre

Catia Sternini

Roberto De Giorgio

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Specialized endoderm-derived epithelial cells, that is, enteroendocrine cells (EECs), are widely distributed throughout the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Enteroendocrine cells form the largest endocrine organ in the body and play a key role in the control of GI secretion and motility, the...

Subject

Enteroendocrine cell

Neuroscience

Biology

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