Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Intestinal villi (singular: villus)are tiny, finger-like projections that line the ...

During fetal development, the small intestine undergoes several invaginations, where the small bowel becomes ensheathed. The result is formation of multiple villi and microvilli. Intestinal villi ...

Pathogen-fighting immune cells go through a surprising transformation and relocation as they fight infections in the gut.

An IBEC-led study describes the development of an innovative method to control the formation of crypt-like structures and ...

Pathogen-fighting immune cells called tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells (TRM cells) go through a surprising transformation -- and relocation -- as they fight infections in the small intestine.

A contact protein printing technique enables researchers to control the formation of villi in human gut models, making it ...

These nutrients are taken into the bloodstream, via millions of tiny, fingerlike projections called villi, and transported to the liver. What's left in the digestive tract passes into the large ...

An IBEC-led study describes the development of an innovative method to control the formation of crypt-like structures and ...

You may think of the small intestine as a smooth tube that winds its way through your abdomen. But if you were to look really closely at the inside of the intestine, you would see that it is lined ...

Because sex and pregnancy hormones regulate RANK–RANKL signalling, we assessed the structure of intestinal villi — tiny, finger-like protrusions in the gut lining that provide a large surface ...