develops from develops from glandular secretory epithelial cell lysozyme secreting cell paneth cell FMA:62897 An epithelial cell found in the basal part of the intestinal glands (crypts of Lieberkuhn) including the appendix. Paneth cells synthesize and secrete lysozyme and cryptdins. Numerous in the deeper parts of the intestinal crypts, particularly in the duodenum, rich in zinc, contain large acidophilic granules, with irregular apical microvilli and prominent membrane-bound vacuoles containing matrix. BTO:0000993 intestinal epithelial cell transit amplifying cell of gut