Gastrointestinal (GI) motility function and its regulation is a complex process involving
collaboration and communication of multiple cell types such as enteric neurons, interstitial …

Conventionally, cells described in the stroma of the intestinal wall are fibroblasts/fibrocytes,
mast cells, plasma cells, eosinophils, macrophages and, interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs), the …

The enteric nervous system (ENS) is organized into two plexuses—submucosal and
myenteric—which regulate smooth muscle contraction, secretion, and blood flow along the …

Ramon y Cajal discovered a particular cell type in the gut, which he named 'interstitial
neurons' more that 100 years ago. In the early 1970s, electron microscopy/electron …

In the last few years, a new cell type–interstitial Cajal-like cell (ICLC)–has been described in
digestive and extra-digestive organs. The name has recently been changed to telocytes (TC) …

Objectives Pancreatic interstitial cells are located among acini, ducts, nerves, and blood
vessels. They are essential for pancreas development, physiology, and for oncogenic …

Ramón y Cajal's studies in the field of neuroscience provoked a radical change in the
course of its history. For this reason he is considered as the father of modern neuroscience …

The enteric nervous system (ENS) provides the intrinsic neural control of the gastrointestinal
tract (GIT) and regulates virtually all GI functions. Altered neuronal activity within the ENS …

In the interstitium of the connective tissue several types of cells occur. The fibroblasts,
responsible for matrix formation, the mast cells, involved in local response to inflammatory …

The colon serves as the habitat for trillions of microbes, which it must maintain, regulate, and
sequester. This is managed by what is termed the mucosal barrier. The mucosal barrier …