<P> It can be another location for functional enzymes to be localized . </P> <P> The destruction of microvilli can occur in certain diseases because of the rearrangement of cytoskeleton in host cells . This can lead to malabsorption of nutrients and persistent osmotic diarrhea, often accompanied by fever . </P> <P> This is seen in infections caused by EPEC subgroup Escherichia coli, in celiac disease, and microvillus inclusion disease (an inherited disease characterized by defective microvilli and presence of cytoplasmic inclusions of the cell membrane other than the apical surface). </P> <P> The destruction of microvilli can actually be beneficial sometimes, as in the case of elimination of microvilli on white blood cells which can be used to combat auto immune diseases . </P>

Where would you expect microvilli to be located in the body