Sometimes, tumors can even prime a foreign site for their arrival, in a process some researchers call “education of the ...

Specialised intestinal macrophage subsets appear to receive cues from surrounding cells, a concept otherwise known as macrophage niche. Neuron-associated macrophages are crucial for the survival and ...

M cells are highly specialised cells present within the epithelium overlying organised lymphoid follicles of the small and large intestine. They play a central role in the initiation of mucosal immune ...

Examination of the intestinal epithelial cells by electron microscope revealed that Rab11b ... 14170112), supplemented with 600 µL of 0.5 M EDTA (Invitrogen, AM9260G). After 15-min, the solution was ...

"The intestine has an enormous ability to regenerate itself after injury, and it does this through a model of dedifferentiation," Dempsey explains. "The cells dedifferentiate back into a type of ...

Most of the time, the intestinal immune system can recognize friend from foe, tolerating myriad foods while destroying ...

Scientists at the University of California, Riverside, have discovered how adult stem cells retain their regenerative power.

Study in mice identifies essential immune cells in the intestine that help to prevent unwarranted reactions to harmless food allergens.

Researchers found that a small population of immune cells in the mouse intestine prevents allergic responses to food, suggesting that targeting such cells therapeutically could potentially lead to a ...