Microfold cell

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-007330",
  "term": "Microfold cell",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "An epithelial cell of the follicle-associated epithelium that overlies Peyer's patches and other mucosal lymphoid tissue, easily recognized by the short microfolds on its luminal surface. It takes up antigens and particles from the gut lumen and carries them across the cell in vesicles to macrophages, dendritic cells and lymphocytes held in a pocket on its basal side, which starts an immune response. The abbreviation M cell comes from microfold.",
  "synonyms": [
    "M cell"
  ],
  "subject": "Chemistry and Human Health",
  "see_also": [
    "Peyer’s patch",
    "antigen-presenting cell",
    "lymphocyte",
    "transcytosis"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2012, 84, 1113. 'IUPAC glossary of terms used in immunotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)' on page 1212 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-11-06-03)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/microfold-cell/"
}