With every bite of food we take, our intestinal immune system must make a big decision. Tasked with defending us from foreign pathogens, these exquisitely sensitive cells somehow distinguish friend ...

Molecularly defined serotonin (enterochromaffin) cells of the gut lining were distinguished by single-cell expression analysis, in situ hybridization, and immunohistochemistry into 14 topographically ...

This important study shows that the Nora virus, a natural Drosophila pathogen that also persistently infects many laboratory fly stocks, infects intestinal stem cells (ISCs), leading to a shorter life ...

Background Development of diffuse-type gastric cancer (DGC) starts with intramucosal lesions that are primarily composed of ...

According to national cancer registration statistics released by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Central Cancer ...

It is a well-known fact that food is one of the most critical factors influencing health. Some describe it as the “800-pound ...

Review identifies common food additives in ultra-processed foods—particularly emulsifiers like carrageenan and polysorbate 80 ...

"The intestine has an enormous ability to regenerate itself after injury, and it does this through a model of dedifferentiation," Dempsey explains. "The cells dedifferentiate back into a type of ...

Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310016, China ...

School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, P.R. China National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, South China University ...

Disruptions of intestinal epithelial cells, which serve as a physical barrier, or the antimicrobial peptides and mucins they produce, which act as a chemical barrier, can lead to a leaky gut. In this ...