The study, “A nonredundant role for T cell-derived interleukin 22 in antibacterial defense of colonic crypts,” was published in Immunity. The team, led by Carlene L. Zindl, Ph.D., found that IL-22 ...

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 ...

Colorectal cancers, which kill more than 900,000 people each year, are notoriously heterogeneous. The cell type and the genetic mutations that give rise to the tumors and the effect of the tumor ...

Representative 3d rendering of the longitudinal view of one crypt of SAMR1 mouse. the epithelial layer of the crypt has been rendered in green. the Paneth cells are colored in yellow and the goblet ...

Our intestine plays a vital role in absorbing nutrients and provides a protective barrier within the digestive tract. As a consequence of these functions, the epithelial cells lining the intestine are ...

It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells use electric impulses to communicate, while epithelial cells -- which compose the linings of our skin, organs and body cavities -- are mute, ...