New research reveals how targeting serotonin in the gut may reduce depression and anxiety with fewer side effects.

Results identify intestinal epithelial 5-HT as a new and potentially safer therapeutic target for mood regulation.

allowing food and waste to pass to the large intestine more easily. Another critical job of the villi is assisting in the epithelial cell recycling process. These cells have a quick lifespan and ...

As part of the ongoing Human Cell Atlas project, researchers mapped 1.6 million cells in the gastrointestinal tract. Here’s ...

Serotonin in the gut epithelium plays a critical role in modulating mood and may provide a safer target for treating ...

Research reveals new connections between the gut and brain, suggesting more targeted depression and anxiety treatments, and a ...

Small intestine cancer is a rare cancer that develops in the tissues of the small intestine, a 20-foot-long organ that connects the stomach to the large intestine (colon). Its job is to break down ...

Pythons may hold the answer to another way to regrow our guts, a group of researchers led by the University of Texas at ...

An electronmicroscope study of the duodenal epithelium that had been exposed to alcoholic solutions of horseradish peroxidase showed that the enzyme had penetrated between the enterocytes. It was ...

According to new research conducted in mice and 3D models of human tissue, the lining of the inside of the small intestine — known as the epithelium — changes its structure and doubles in size ...