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Neuropods.

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Liddle, RA
Published in: Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol
2019

Enteroendocrine cells (EECs) are sensory cells of the gastrointestinal tract. Most EECs reside in the mucosal lining of the stomach or intestine and sense food in the gut lumen. Food signals stimulate the release of hormones into the paracellular space where they either act locally or are taken up into the blood and circulate to distant organs. It recently was recognized that many EECs possess basal processes known as neuropods that not only contain hormones but also connect to nerves. This review describes how neuropods contribute to EEC function beyond typical hormonal actions. For example, gastrointestinal hormones not only act on distant organs, but, through neuropods, some act locally to stimulate other mucosal cells such as intestinal stem cells, enterocytes, or other EECs. With the recent discovery that EECs communicate directly with enteric nerves, EECs not only have the ability to sense food and bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract, but can communicate these signals directly to the nervous system.

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Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol

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EISSN

2352-345X

Publication Date

2019

Volume

7

Issue

4

Start / End Page

739 / 747

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Signal Transduction
  • Paracrine Communication
  • Neurons
  • Models, Biological
  • Humans
  • Enteroendocrine Cells
  • Cell Communication
  • Animals
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology
 

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Liddle, R. A. (2019). Neuropods. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol, 7(4), 739–747. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmgh.2019.01.006
Liddle, Rodger A. “Neuropods.Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol 7, no. 4 (2019): 739–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmgh.2019.01.006.
Liddle RA. Neuropods. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019;7(4):739–47.
Liddle, Rodger A. “Neuropods.Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol, vol. 7, no. 4, 2019, pp. 739–47. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.jcmgh.2019.01.006.
Liddle RA. Neuropods. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019;7(4):739–747.
Journal cover image

Published In

Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol

DOI

EISSN

2352-345X

Publication Date

2019

Volume

7

Issue

4

Start / End Page

739 / 747

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Signal Transduction
  • Paracrine Communication
  • Neurons
  • Models, Biological
  • Humans
  • Enteroendocrine Cells
  • Cell Communication
  • Animals
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology