GLP-1—a hormone secreted by the L cells of the small intestine—increases pancreatic ... postulated that treatment of human embryonic stem cells with GLP-1 might induce them to differentiate ...

The authors examine the role of Numb, a Notch inhibitor, in intestinal stem cell self-renewal in Drosophila during homeostasis and regeneration. This is an important study providing evidence of a Numb ...

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

These intestinal organoids contain stem cell and villus compartments that emerge side-by-side during their development ... This allowed us to generate highly stereotyped patterns of defined shape that ...