The role of the Golgi complex in fat absorption as studied with the electron microscope with observations on the cytology of duodenal absorptive cells.

The Journal of experimental medicine ·Vol. 102 ·No. 6 ·1955-12-01 ·Pages 775-82

WEISS JM

Abstract

An electron microscopic study of the morphology of fat absorption in the duodenum of normal and fat-fed mice supports the view that all absorbed fat passes through the cytoplasm of absorptive cells. The Golgi complex plays an important role in the transport of fat across these cells.

Keywords

CELLS DUODENUM/metabolism FATS/metabolism MICROSCOPY ELECTRON

MeSH Terms

Animals Biological Transport Cells Cytoplasm Duodenum/metabolism Electrons Fats/metabolism Golgi Apparatus Intestinal Absorption Lipid Metabolism Mice Microscopy Microscopy, Electron

Chemicals

Fats

Authors & Affiliations

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WEISS J M

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Article Info

Journal

The Journal of experimental medicine

Abbr.

J Exp Med

ISSN

0022-1007

DOI

10.1084/jem.102.6.775

Published

1955-12-01

Pages

775-82

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

2985109R

PMCID

PMC2136541

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1084/jem.102.6.775 PMC Full Text View journal details

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