Items for "enterocytes"

Compartmentalised expression of meprin in small intestinal mucosa: enhanced expression in lamina propria in coeliac disease

Epithelial cells in the human small intestine express meprin, an astacin-like metalloprotease, which accumulates normally at the brush border membrane and in the gut lumen...

Keywords: endopeptidases, enteritis, enterocytes, gluten, inflammation, Leukocytes