Enterocyte
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Enterocyte is a type of epithelial cell of the superficial layer of the small and large intestine tissue. These cells can help breaking up molecules and transport them into the tissue.
Glucose, from the intestinal lumen, crosses the apical membrane of the enterocyte using the Na+ dependent glucose transporter; moves through the cytosol and exits the enterocyte via the basolateral membrane (into the blood capillary) using GLUT-2. Galactose uses the same transport system. Fructose, on the other hand, crosses the apical membrane of the enterocyte, using GLUT-5. It is thought to cross into the blood capillary using one of the other GLUT transporters.Template:Anatomy-stub