FMI researchers have shed light on how intestinal organoids form crypts, the pockets that house stem cells for gut ...
More information: Metformin-regulated glucose flux from the circulation to the intestinal lumen, Communications Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43856-025-00755-4 ...
Intestinal barrier is a functional entity separating the gut lumen from the inner host, and consisting of mechanical elements (mucus, epithelial layer), humoral elements (defensins, IgA ...
Fred Hutch is integrating a new artificial intelligence (AI) technology, GI Genius, into colonoscopy scans to help evaluate ...
aMedical Clinic 1, Department of Gastroenterology, Ludwig Demling Endoscopy Center of Excellence, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany ...
Their primary task is to absorb nutrients present in the intestinal lumen. However, IEC also play an important role in the immune defence of our body by building a barrier that separates the bowel ...
Other required properties include acid and bile resistance, ability to survive, and being metabolically active within the intestinal lumen, where they should not persist long term. Probiotic strains ...