Crohn’s disease (CD) is a chronic, progressive inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that can affect any part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract—from the mouth to the anus. It most commonly affects the ...

The cells helps the snakes absorb the bones of their prey — and might show up in other animals that chomp their meals whole.

The efficacy of indomethacin therapy and the risk of NEC were evaluated by retrospective data analysis of 250 preterm neonates with echocardiogram-confirmed PDA who were treated with indomethacin ...

In effect, the generation of a hypertonic villus interstitium by active sodium absorption is a major contributor to both intestinal oxygen consumption and blood flow regulation through both hypertonic ...

Villi absorb vitamins, minerals and other nutrients from the food you eat. If your villi are damaged, you can’t get enough nutrients, no matter how much you eat.” ...

While compiling their atlas, however, the researchers identified villi that branch off from other villi – something that, until then, had only been observed in cancerous growths.

It leaves your body lacking the fluids it needs to function. Without treatment, chronic dehydration can increase your risk of severe damage to key body systems such as your brain, ...

A comprehensive gene expression atlas of the human small intestine uncovers the secrets of nutrient absorption and defense against infection.

Partial villus atrophy and decreased D-xylose absorption demonstrated both in children and in adults with iron-deficiency anemia (4-6) may be related, at least in part, to environmental influences and ...

FRAZER1 has reported the presence of large globules of stainable fat in the epithelium of the intestinal villi of rats killed three hours after they had received olive oil and water by mouth ; but ...

Abstract The villi of the small intestine maintain a hypertonic interstitium at all times, and the submucosal glands constantly secrete ions and accompanying water into the lumen. Generation of the 4 ...