How the gut triggers lasting pain in common conditions
A global research collaboration has revealed how certain gut cells switch on pain signals, which can linger long after the ...
Nature16y
Breaking into bone biology: serotonin's secrets
Circulating serotonin is produced in the duodenum by enterochromaffin cells, specialized endocrine cells in the epithelia lining the gut, and functions within a specialized neuroendocrine network.
Nature11y
Overexpression of gastric leptin precedes adipocyte leptin during high-fat diet and is linked to 5HT-containing enterochromaffin cells
Enterochromaffin (EC) cells and expression of leptin, PAX4 (critical factor for EC specification), tryptophane hydroxylase-1 (TPH1, the peripheral rate-limiting enzyme for 5HT) and 5HT were ...