They are densest at the beginning of the small intestine and begin to thin out toward the end. Covering the surface of each ...

Goblet cells secrete mucin as a primary function ... Paneth cells also contribute at the base of small intestinal crypts to the primary niche for intestinal stem cells. Microfold cells or M ...

While this image might look like a multicolored tile floor, it is actually a cross section through the fingerlike bumps on the intestinal wall called villi. The cells within the villi ... Biology in ...

requiring constant and precise regulation of intestinal stem cells (ISCs) to sustain the production of new absorptive enterocytes and secretory cells, including Paneth, goblet, tuft, and ...

Some of these cells absorb nutrients from the digestive contents, whereas others (called goblet cells ... leaving behind small fragments with recognizable bits of the nuclear material.

Harvard Medical School researchers have analyzed the molecular crosstalk between pain fibers in the gut and goblet cells that line the walls of the intestine. The work shows that chemical signals ...

What would you see if you peered inside a human small intestine? Here’s a glimpse at its structure, revealing a community of cells with different functions. A biopsy like this is generally very small ...

Researchers found that a small population of immune cells in the mouse intestine prevents allergic responses to food, suggesting that targeting such cells therapeutically could potentially lead to a ...