New research published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry outlines how certain cells in the intestine, enterocytes, respond to an encounter with a high amount of fat, such as what would come from ...

Crypt-base-columnar cells are continuously dividing intestinal stem cells that generate IECs, which are composed by distinct specialised cell types that play different functions: Enterocytes (in the ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered a more detailed picture of how the intestinal epithelium – the lining of the intestines – heals itself after infection with rotavirus. A ...