A cell participating in an organised epithelial layer, with context-dependent polarity, adhesion and barrier or transport functions.
Madin-Darby canine kidney cell, used in three-dimensional epithelial cyst and polarity assays.
A keratinocyte in the basement-membrane-associated compartment of a stratified epithelium. Basal position does not establish that every such cell is actively dividing.
A specialized secretory cell normally found at the base of mammalian small-intestinal crypts. Its local antimicrobial and niche-support roles do not imply that all intestinal stem-cell systems require a Paneth-cell arrangement.
A specialized epithelial sensory cell population with characteristic apical morphology and context-dependent signalling roles.
A specialized intestinal epithelial cell that senses local conditions and releases signalling products, including hormones.
A specialized mucus-secreting epithelial cell, present in the intestinal lining and other mucosal tissues.
An absorptive epithelial cell of the intestinal lining. Enterocyte-lineage progenitors and terminally differentiated villus enterocytes need not have the same regenerative potential.
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