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Enterochromaffin (EC)
cells (also
known as
Kulchitsky cells) are a type of
enteroendocrine cell, and
neuroendocrine cell. They
reside alongside the epithelium...
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Enterochromaffin-like
cells or ECL
cells are a type of
neuroendocrine cell
found in the
gastric glands of the
gastric mucosa beneath the epithelium, in...
- cells,
which release gastrin, and
stimulate gastric acid secretion.
Enterochromaffin cells are
enteroendocrine and
neuroendocrine cells with a
close similarity...
- are not
neurons they are
derivatives of the
neural crest.
Enterochromaffin and
enterochromaffin-like cells, both
being enteroendocrine cells, are also considered...
- (secreting insulin) more
numerous and
found throughout the islet.
Enterochromaffin cells are also
scattered throughout the islets.
Islets are composed...
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include mucous neck cells,
chief cells,
parietal cells, G cells, and
enterochromaffin-like
cells (ECLs). The
first cells of all of the
glands are mucus-secreting...
- serotonin—about 90%—is
synthesized in the
gastrointestinal tract by
enterochromaffin cells,
where it
regulates intestinal movements. It is also produced...
- cells); this
hormone stimulates acid
production from the
parietal cells.
Enterochromaffin-like
cells (ECLs),
found in the
oxyntic glands release histamine, which...
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through the
stimulation of the
secretion of the
hormone histamine from
enterochromaffin-like
cells (ECLs).
Vasoactive intestinal peptide, cholecystokinin,...
- neurotransmitter.
Another important site of
histamine storage and
release is the
enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cell of the stomach. The most
important pathophysiologic...
