An epithelial cell that is part of the bile duct. Cholangiocytes contribute to bile secretion via net release of bicarbonate and water. They are cuboidal epithelium in the small interlobular bile ducts, but become columnar and mucus secreting in larger bile ducts approaching the porta hepatis and the extrahepatic ducts. [ GOC:tfm http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16550043 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18356246 ]
Synonyms: epithelial cell of bile duct
Term information
cellxgene_subset
Term relations
- branched duct epithelial cell and part of some bile duct and capable of some bicarbonate transmembrane transporter activity
- branched duct epithelial cell
- capable of some (
bicarbonate transmembrane transporter activity and
part of some bile acid secretion) - develops from some hepatoblast
- part of some bile duct