They are densest at the beginning of the small intestine and begin to thin out toward the end. Covering the surface of each villus are mucus membranes made up of two types of cells: goblet cells ...

Explore new treatments for bowel conditions. Research shows hope for short bowel syndrome by reprogramming the large ...

Harvard Medical School researchers have analyzed the molecular crosstalk between pain fibers in the gut and goblet cells that line the walls of the intestine. The work shows that chemical signals ...

requiring constant and precise regulation of intestinal stem cells (ISCs) to sustain the production of new absorptive enterocytes and secretory cells, including Paneth, goblet, tuft, and ...