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cholangiocyte
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Term info
Label
cholangiocyte
definition
An epithelial cell that is part of the bile duct. Cholangiocytes contribute to bile secretion via net release of bicarbonate and water. They are cuboidal epithelium in the small interlobular bile ducts, but become columnar and mucus secreting in larger bile ducts approaching the porta hepatis and the extrahepatic ducts.
has exact synonym
epithelial cell of bile duct
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cell
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Term relations
Equivalent to:
- branched duct epithelial cell and part of some bile duct and capable of some bicarbonate transmembrane transporter activity
Subclass of:
- anatomical entity
- branched duct epithelial cell
- material entity
- capable of some (
bicarbonate transmembrane transporter activity and
part of some bile acid secretion) - develops from some hepatoblast
- part of some bile duct
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