Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), which include ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD), are chronic conditions ...

Crohn’s disease-related inflammation can sometimes lead to intestinal blockage. Untreated, an intestinal blockage may lead to serious complications. Crohn’s disease is a chronic condition that ...

Results: The numbers of mucosal breaks analyzed in patients with grade A, B and C esophagitis were 321, 173 and 54, respectively. Patients with grade A and B esophagitis had longitudinal mucosal ...

More information: Kenji Oishi et al, MHC Class II‐Expressing Mucosal Mast Cells Promote Intestinal Mast Cell Hyperplasia in a Mouse Model of Food Allergy, Allergy (2025). DOI: 10.1111/all.

Food allergies can be life-threatening due to the rapid and exaggerated immune response. While mucosal mast cells (MMCs) are excessively proliferated during food allergies, the precise mechanisms that ...

The intestinal immune system is complicated machinery ... head of the Laboratory of Mucosal Immunology. After optimizing LIPSTIC for the task, Canesso and colleagues succeeded in pinpointing ...

Study reveals how immune cells in the gut distinguish between food and harmful pathogens, shedding light on the origins of both food allergies and intestinal diseases.

Intestinal villi (singular: villus)are tiny, finger-like projections that line the interior (lumen) of the small intestine. The primary function of villi is to absorb nutrients from food and transfer ...

The answer appears to lie in the balance of microbes that live in our intestine - and a specific protein secreted by intestinal goblet cells that influences that balance. Excess amounts of this ...