by Kiel University Microscopic image of intestinal tissue. Green: epithelial cells which produce HK2. Red: bacteria inside the intestine. Credit: Saskia Weber-Stiehl, IKMB, Kiel University Around 500 to 1,000 different types of bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms colonize our intestines. All of them together form the intestinal microbiome. As we now know, these microbes play...
by Dresden University of Technology Small intestinal crypts of IBD patients with unchanged (left) and mutated (right) XIAP gene. Paneth cells are labeled in red and nuclei of all cells in a crypt are labeled in blue. The patients with mutated XIAP gene have smaller number of Paneth cells. Credit: Anne Strigli Inflammatory bowel diseases...
by Tokyo Medical and Dental University The small intestine is composed of duodenum, jejunum, and ileum (left). IgA deficiency causes distortion of the gut microbiota, especially in the ileum, and inflammatory cytokines are secreted from T cells, resulting in inflammation of the ileum (right). Credit: Tokyo Medical and Dental University While researchers have known for years that...
Reports from cannabis users that the drug reduces the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may finally be explained by new research from the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the University of Bath showing that endocannabinoids help control and prevent intestinal inflammation in mice. Credit: CC0 Public Domain This is the first-time scientists have...
