In a recent study, researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have provided new insights into the central role of goblet cells—specialized cells that line the gut—in maintaining a healthy ...

Crypt-base-columnar cells are continuously dividing intestinal stem cells that generate IECs, which are composed by distinct specialised cell types that play different functions: Enterocytes (in the ...

The IRE1β paralogue is expressed in intestinal epithelial cells (IECs), accomplishing different roles. In goblet cells, IRE1β tightly regulates mucin 2 (MUC2) expression through Regulated ...

We mainly curse mucus as we are blowing it from our noses or coughing it up from our lungs because of some allergy or ailment. However, mucus plays a key role in defending our bodies from illness.

In a recent study published in the journal Frontiers in Immunology, researchers investigate the impact of dietary antigens in regulating small intestinal tumors. Despite being the most common type of ...