#intestinal crypts

Reaching the Tip

Enterocytes, the cells lining the intestine that take up water, nutrients and minerals, migrate from the intestinal crypt to the tip of the finger-like projections called villi. Using an organoid system enriched for villus tip enterocytes, this study characterises the molecular changes that govern their unique features

Read the published research paper here

Image from work by Linda Berková and colleagues

Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Published in EMBO Reports, July 2023

Colon cancer and organoids

Colon cancer and organoids

Larry H. Bernstein, MD, FCAP, Curator

LPBI

      Guts and Glory

An open mind and collaborative spirit have taken Hans Clevers on a journey from medicine to developmental biology, gastroenterology, cancer, and stem cells.

By Anna Azvolinsky    http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/45580/title/Guts-and-Glory

Ihave had to talk a lot about my science…