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M cell / Motilin cell
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Named for Motilin content. The identifying hormone (historically) is
Examples of colocalization of hormones and/or their gene transcripts (most of recent data is from mouse):
M cells are located in the small intestine (Peyer's patches), have the luminal bile acid receptors, and release motilin. They initiate the migration of the myoelectric complex and thus serve …
References (Sources)
- Diversity of enteroendocrine cells investigated at cellular and subcellular levels: the need for a new classification scheme.
- Enterochromaffin cells of the mammalian small intestine as the source of motilin
- Ghrelin and motilin are cosecreted from a prominent endocrine cell population in the small intestine
- The gut as a sensory organ
- The intestinal epithelium tuft cells: specification and function