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Intestinal Villus

Known as: Villus, Villus intestinalis (Intestinum tenue), intestinal villi 
A finger-like projection of the plasma membrane found in the epithelial cells lining the intestinal tract that increase the lumen surface area.
National Institutes of Health

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8 relations
Capillary plexusEpithelium of intestinal villusIntestinal MucosaSmall intestine mucous membrane

Narrower (2)

Myocytes, Smooth MuscleNerve Fibers, Unmyelinated

Broader (1)

Villus

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Complex regulation of the lactase-phlorizin hydrolase promoter by GATA-4.
Lactase-phlorizin hydrolase (LPH), a marker of intestinal differentiation, is expressed in absorptive enterocytes on small… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Major burn trauma in rats promotes cardiac and gastrointestinal apoptosis.
The hypothesis that cardiac functional abnormalities that occur after major burn trauma are paralleled by an increased incidence… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Intestinal folate transport: identification of a cDNA involved in folate transport and the functional expression and distribution of its mRNA.
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Expression of the mad gene during cell differentiation in vivo and its inhibition of cell growth in vitro
Mad is a basic region helix-loop-helix leucine zipper transcription factor which can dimerize with the Max protein and antagonize… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Localization of neurotrophin-3-like immunoreactivity in peripheral tissues of the rat
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
A novel methodology for analysis of cell distribution in chimeric mouse organs using a strain specific antibody
Chimeric animals are very useful for analysis of cell lineage, homeostasis in tissue architecture, and cell-cell interactions… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
T lymphocyte subsets in human intestinal mucosa: the distribution and relationship to MHC-derived antigens.
T lymphocytes in the normal human intestinal tract have been analysed in tissue sections by a double-marker immunofluorescence… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Development of villus absorptive cells in the human fetal small intestine: A morphological and morphometric study
We describe the sequential ultrastructural changes in villus absorptive cells of human fetal small intestine between 9 and 22… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Synthesis of plasmalemmal glycoproteins in intestinal epithelial cells. Separation of Golgi membranes from villus and crypt cell surface membranes; glycosyltransferase activity of surface membrane
The relationship between Golgi and cell surface membranes of intestinal cells was studied. These membranes were isolated from… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Immunosuppression in Trypanosoma brucei infections in rats and mice.
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