A recent study led by Associate Professor Takuya Yamamoto and Researcher May Nakajima-Koyama has revealed that maintaining a ...

Epithelial apoptosis was measured in histopathological analysis, nuclear imaging, and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling. Plasma intestinal fatty acid-binding protein (I ...

These communities of microorganisms – also known collectively as the gut flora or gastrointestinal microbiome – can either help or harm us. However, the exact mechanisms by which these gut microbes ...

They found that the inner lining of the upper intestine, called the "epithelium" –composed of a variety of cells that are not classically part of the immune system – also plays an active role ...

The epithelial lining of our intestine is organized in a crypt-villi architecture and serves many essential functions including maintenance of barrier, digestion and nutrient absorption. Due to the ...

In vivo, the intestinal epithelium interacts with the neighboring environment through complex crosstalk, which involves components such as the immune system, tissue microenvironment, and gut microbes.

These cultures are derived from stem cells isolated from human intestinal tissue. The stem cells are propagated in vitro and form mature intestinal epithelium upon growth factor manipulation. In order ...

These proteins are essential for the organization and differentiation of intestinal epithelial tissue. Using this technique, the researchers were able to control how and where structures such as ...