Understanding the role of gut messenger cells in gastrointestinal disease
February 4, 2025
The UNC Provost’s Office awarded Health McCauley a Junior Faculty Development Award to create a new humanized mouse model that more closely replicates complex epithelial and immune cell dynamics in the gut. Lining the intestines are rare hormone-producing cells called enteroendocrine cells that sense nutrients, gut microbes, and metabolites in...