Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found that the small intestine grows in response to pregnancy in mice. This partially irreversible change may help mice support a pregnancy and prepare ...

Located over the entire surface of the small intestine, the villus can be found from about the common bile duct to the ileocecal valve. A single layer of columnar epithelium containing capillaries ...

The epithelial lining of our intestine is organized in a crypt-villi architecture and serves many essential functions including maintenance of barrier, digestion and nutrient absorption. Due to the ...

In a mouse with a functioning stem cell niche, the large intestine consists of numerous villi and crypts. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

They then took a deeper dive into what was happening in the villi. They found that precursors of intestinal epithelial cells were rapidly growing in number and newly generated cells migrated ...