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

Blood tests can be highly suggestive of a celiac disease diagnosis, but small bowel biopsies remain the definitive way to ...

Scientists used high-resolution 3D X-ray imaging to uncover major structural and immune changes in the gut of Alzheimer's ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

It occurs when a person with the disease consumes food containing gluten which in turn attacks the intestinal lining. The immune cells further destroy the villi, brush-like structures lining the ...