You may think of the small intestine as a smooth tube that winds its way through your abdomen. But if you were to look really closely at the inside of the intestine, you would see that it is lined ...

During fetal development, the small intestine undergoes several invaginations, where the small bowel becomes ensheathed. The result is formation of multiple villi and microvilli. Intestinal villi ...

Additionally, researchers have been investigating the impact of various chemotherapeutic agents on intestinal permeability and villus length. A study demonstrated that drugs like irinotecan and 5 ...

A contact protein printing technique enables researchers to control the formation of villi in human gut models, making it ...

An IBEC-led study describes the development of an innovative method to control the formation of crypt-like structures and ...

Because sex and pregnancy hormones regulate RANK–RANKL signalling, we assessed the structure of intestinal villi — tiny, finger-like protrusions in the gut lining that provide a large surface ...

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Intestinal villi (singular: villus)are tiny, finger-like projections that line the ...