Intestinal stem cells are multipotent adult stem cells, which in mammals reside in the base of the crypts of the adult intestine. Intestinal stem cells continuously self-renew by dividing and ...

With every bite of food we take, our intestinal immune system must make a big decision. Tasked with defending us from foreign ...

More information: Jaakko Mattila et al, Stem cell mTOR signaling directs region-specific cell fate decisions during ...

Intestinal metaplasia (IM) occurs when the body replaces the cells that line the upper digestive tract (including the stomach and esophagus) with cells that line the intestines. When IM happens in ...

Drosophila melanogaster, commonly known as the fruit fly, serves as an important model organism for studying intestinal stem cell (ISC) biology. Research in this area has revealed how various ...