Assertion: iodide | /r/HasProperty | absorbed via a transport protein
Facets:
value: in the gastric mucosa
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: mucus membranes.11,12 Molecular iodine (I 2 ) is absorbed through the intestinal tract by facilitated diffusion, whereas iodide (I−) is absorbed via a transport protein in the gastric mucosa called the sodium-iodide symporter (NIS).13 NIS sequesters iodide and can concentrate iodine levels in tissues up to 20–40 times greater than that in serum.