Term Name: enteroendocrine cell differentiation
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Definition: The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized structural and/or functional features of an enteroendocrine cell. Enteroendocrine cells are hormonally active epithelial cells in the gut that constitute the diffuse neuroendocrine system.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0035883]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: epithelial cell differentiation
has subtype: intestinal enterochromaffin enteroendocrine cell differentiation intestinal type D enteroendocrine cell differentiation intestinal type G enteroendocrine cell differentiation intestinal type I enteroendocrine cell differentiation intestinal type L enteroendocrine cell differentiation intestinal type N enteroendocrine cell differentiation pancreatic A cell differentiation pancreatic epsilon cell differentiation pancreatic PP cell differentiation stomach neuroendocrine cell differentiation type B pancreatic cell differentiation
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of enteroendocrine cell differentiation