T. Clark Brelje, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
6-160 Jackson Hall
321 Church St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Robert L. Sorenson, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
6-160 Jackson Hall
321 Church St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
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The tip of a villus from the small intestine (SEM). The life span of an enterocyte is only 3 to 5 days. They are continualy renewed from stem cells found near the base of intestinal crypts. The cells move from the crypts to the tips of villi where they are shed into the lumen.