Cholecystocyte

Cholecystocyte
Cholecystocyte
Details
Location	Gallbladder
Function	Epithelium
Identifiers
Latin	cholecystocytus
TH	H3.04.06.0.00006
	Anatomical terms of microanatomy [ edit on Wikidata]

Last updated May 28, 2025

A cholecystocyte is an epithelial cell found in the gallbladder ^[1] tightly joined by junctional complexes.^[2]

References

↑ Maurer, KJ.; Carey, MC.; Fox, JG. (Feb 2009). "Roles of infection, inflammation, and the immune system in cholesterol gallstone formation". Gastroenterology. 136 (2): 425–40. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2008.12.031. PMC 2774219 . PMID 19109959.
↑ Gilloteaux, J.; Ott, Donald W.; Oldham‐Ott, Carla K. (January 2013). "The Gallbladder of the Electric Ray Torpedo Marmorata Risso Displays Excrescent Cholecystocytes with Merocrine and Apocrine‐Like Secretions" . The Anatomical Record. 296 (1): 79–95. doi:10.1002/ar.22621. ISSN 1932-8486.

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[1] Maurer, KJ.; Carey, MC.; Fox, JG. (Feb 2009). "Roles of infection, inflammation, and the immune system in cholesterol gallstone formation". Gastroenterology. 136 (2): 425–40. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2008.12.031. PMC 2774219 . PMID 19109959.

[2] Gilloteaux, J.; Ott, Donald W.; Oldham‐Ott, Carla K. (January 2013). "The Gallbladder of the Electric Ray Torpedo Marmorata Risso Displays Excrescent Cholecystocytes with Merocrine and Apocrine‐Like Secretions" . The Anatomical Record. 296 (1): 79–95. doi:10.1002/ar.22621. ISSN 1932-8486.

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Cholecystocyte

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