All About Absorption In this image, red is the color of absorption. The red cells in this image are enterocytes, which line the walls of your small intestine and are responsible for absorbing ...

"We're hoping to find a way to repurpose them to shrink the villi, reduce fat absorption, and possibly slow tumor growth.” The new research was published in the journal Nature.

As the immune system fights against gluten, the small, finger-like projections in the small intestine called villi are damaged. Villi facilitate the absorption of nutrients from food.

Theoretically, for drugs that easily penetrate the intestinal mucosa, reduced villus blood flow could delay diffusion and, therefore, the rate of absorption. For example, the absorption rate for ...

These intestinal cells then migrate up the intestinal villi. During their migration, they perform a certain function, for example the absorption of nutrients or the production of hormones.

These intestinal cells then migrate up the intestinal villi. During their migration, they perform a certain function, for example the absorption of nutrients or the production of hormones.

According to the study, mice fed fructose diets experienced between a 25- and 40-percent increase in villi length in comparison to mice that didn't eat the high-fructose diet.

In 2018, a research team headed by Prof. Shalev Itzkovitz from Weizmann’s Molecular Cell Biology Department showed that villi cells in the small intestine of mice adapt to a changing environment ...