Ivan G. Costa

Developmental factors drive the compartmentalized and discontinuous maturation of the small intestinal epithelium during the early postnatal period

The temporal, spatial, and cellular diversity of the small intestinal epithelium during the postnatal period, a critical time window that accompanies the transition from placental energy supply to enteral feeding, and the establishment of the enteric microbiota and postnatal immune maturation, has not been systematical...