A recent study led by Associate Professor Takuya Yamamoto and Researcher May Nakajima-Koyama has revealed that maintaining a ...

Intestinal stem cells are multipotent adult stem cells, which in mammals reside in the base of the crypts of the adult intestine. Intestinal stem cells continuously self-renew by dividing and ...

The new discovery raises the possibility that it could some day spread to humans. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The intestinal epithelium is a highly dynamic barrier that regulates digestion, absorption, immune responses, and ...

The intestine is continually exposed to challenges from the diet, commensal microbiota or infectious microbes. As a result, the gut is also host to a complex network of immune cells that work together ...

Micro- and nanoscale plastic particles in soil and water can significantly increase how much toxic chemicals plants and human ...

Peyer's patches as immune hubs: Peyer’s patches in the small intestine are crucial for inducing T-cells in response to dietary antigens, forming a first line of defense against tumor formation .

The intestinal immune system distinguishes between harmful pathogens and benign food particles through specific antigen-presenting cells (APCs) that interact with T cells.

Background Treatment strategies for Crohn’s disease (CD) suppress diverse inflammatory pathways but many patients remain ...