Researchers focused on two types of gut lining: the follicle-associated epithelium of Peyer’s Patches (PP) and the villus epithelium (VE). Using the Ussing chamber technique along with immunoblotting ...

Prenatal testing also includes techniques such as amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling (CVS) if there is a need for additional confirmation of the genetic abnormality. These provide detailed ...

Intestinal villi (singular: villus)are tiny, finger-like projections that line the interior (lumen) of the small intestine. The primary function of villi is to absorb nutrients from food and transfer ...

3Molecular Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. 4Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 5Department of Biochemistry University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada ...

Villous atrophy occurs when your intestinal villi—the microscopic, finger-like tentacles that line the wall of your small intestine—erode away, leaving a virtually flat surface. Celiac disease, an ...

Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China ...

This important study provides solid evidence that glucosylceramide synthase (GlcT), a rate-limiting enzyme for glycosphingolipid (GSL) production, plays a role in the differentiation of intestinal ...

This cover highlights the article PLK1 inhibition delays mitotic entry revealing changes to the phosphoproteome of mammalian cells early in division by M. Gobran, P. Lenart and colleagues. HeLa Kyoto ...

In intestinal epithelial cell targeted expression of ... All untreated CD children had anti-endomysium IgA positivity and subtotal villous atrophy of the intestinal mucosa. In case of treated ...

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Such behavior is achieved by the fine coordination among intestinal epithelial cells, intestinal mesenchymal ... cells which predict niche formation for immune function from the villus tip to the ...