This image shows vertical slices, from top to bottom, through several villi from the small intestine of a mouse. The outer membranes of the intestinal villi are represented by solid-colored lines (1).

The first of three sections of the small intestine ... fingerlike projections called villi, and transported to the liver. What's left in the digestive tract passes into the large intestine ...

The goblet cells in villi produce mucus that protects the small intestine from digestive juices and provides lubrication, ...

the small intestine undergoes several invaginations, where the small bowel becomes ensheathed. The result is formation of multiple villi and microvilli. Intestinal villi, with their branching ...

But the ways in which changes in the microbiome result in changes in the functioning of the intestinal cells are still unclear. The microbiome of the small intestine is distinct from the colon ...

The digestive system breaks down ... area for absorbing nutrients and water. In the small intestine there are also specialised structures called villi which have a tiny hair-like structure poking ...

We’re particularly interested in enteroendocrine cells — cells found in the lining of the small intestine and throughout the intestinal tract — and how the small-intestine microbiome prompts ...

The inner lining of the small intestine nearly doubles in size during pregnancy and breastfeeding, according to new research in mice and human tissue.

The epithelial lining of our intestine is organized in a crypt-villi architecture ... continuously from multipotent intestinal stem cells (ISCs) present at the crypt base. During homeostasis, the ISC ...

Partially digested food arrives in the intestine from the stomach. Digested food is absorbed in the small intestine. This means that it passes through the wall of the small intestine and into the ...