The totality of bacteria, viruses and fungi that exist in and on a multicellular organism forms its natural microbiome. The ...

DURING its absorption by the small intestine a substance leaves the bowel lumen, traverses the epithelial lining, passes through the connective-tissue stroma of the lamina propria and enters termin ...

A total of 65 cases of primary small-bowel tumor were found, and in 33 of these the tumors were malignant. Shallow, Eger and Carty 5 state that primary cancer of the small intestine occurs in 0.1 ...

Paneth cells are versatile secretory cells located in the crypts of Lieberkühn of the small intestine. In normal conditions, they function as the cornerstones of intestinal health by preserving ...

A Kobe University team found that glucose is excreted into the small intestine, where bacteria transform it into short-chain fatty acids. The endocrinologist OGAWA Wataru explains: “The ...

A 3D animation illustrating the anatomy of the small intestine, highlighting its layers, villi, and role in nutrient absorption. Anatomy of the circular folds of the small intestine 3D animation ...

The mucosal layer in the small intestine degrades with age in rats, allowing digestive enzymes to slowly escape and leak into ...

Study shows that dietary antigens can suppress small intestine carcinogenesis by activating T-cells through Peyer's patches. Adding bovine serum albumin (BSA) or ovalbumin (OVA) to antigen-free ...

The intestinal epithelium is surrounded by visceral muscles and peritrophic membrane that separates the intestinal cells from bacteria presented in the lumen. (B) The epithelium of the mouse small ...

The lumen is the opening inside a tubular body structure that is lined by body tissue known as an epithelial membrane. Examples of body structures that have a lumen include the large intestine, small ...

Abstract Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth has been found to be associated with a variety of gastrointestinal disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, and, in recent ...