“In many ways, it recapitulates the [gastrointestinal] system because the cell bodies of neurons within the gut wall are in a different layer, surrounded by a capsule that maintains the ...

If the human body were just a blob made up of a singular type of cell, then perhaps there would be at least some element of ...

Piglet ECMO was associated with increased gut epithelial apoptosis. Extensive apoptotic changes were noted on villus tips and in scattered crypt cells after 2 h of ECMO. After 8 h, the villi ...

Discover studies that have shown that psoriasis patients exhibit elevated intestinal permeability, correlating with ...

Mammalian epithelial cells also turn over regularly ... To understand how the ECM works, consider the two very different sides of the gut endothelium. One side of this tissue faces the lumen ...

Using a transgenic fruit fly model, researchers demonstrate how epithelial barriers are ... changing the cellular composition of the intestinal epithelium. A study has sparked controversy by ...

Pathogen-fighting immune cells called tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells (TRM cells) go through a surprising transformation -- and relocation -- as they fight infections in the small intestine.

La Trobe University researchers have identified a protein that is integral to gut health, providing an important lead in the search for a treatment for people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), which include ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD), are chronic conditions ...

Scientists led by the Institute of Nanotechnology in Italy, in collaboration with the ESRF, the European Synchrotron in ...

Scientists used high-resolution 3D X-ray imaging to uncover major structural and immune changes in the gut of Alzheimer's ...