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. 1955 Nov 30;102(6):775–782. doi: 10.1084/jem.102.6.775

THE ROLE OF THE GOLGI COMPLEX IN FAT ABSORPTION AS STUDIED WITH THE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE CYTOLOGY OF DUODENAL ABSORPTIVE CELLS

Jules M Weiss 1; With the Technical Assistance of Doris Fleisch1
PMCID: PMC2136541  PMID: 13271689

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.

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