Abstract
IT is generally assumed that the intestinal epithelium is formed in the crypts of Lieberkühn. From this region of numerous mitoses the cells are presumed to move up towards the summit of the villi1 from which they are shed. The average time required for the cells to pass through this phase has been calculated to be 1.57 days in the duodenum and 1.35 days in the ileum of the white rat2. How, when and where the goblet cells evacuate their mucus is not definitely known.
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MOE, H. Mucus-producing Goblet Cells of the Small Intestine. Nature 172, 309 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172309a0
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