How the Gut Feels, Smells, and Talks.

Beumer, Joep; Clevers, Hans · Cell · 2017

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Gut-brain signaling plays a central role in a range of homeostatic processes, yet details of this cross-talk remain enigmatic. In this issue of Cell, Bellono and colleagues identify a variety of luminal stimuli acting on serotonin-secreting enteroendocrine cells and, for the first time, demonstrate a functional synaptic interaction with neurons.

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