ReviewNature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology2016
Plasticity of the brush border - the yin and yang of intestinal homeostasis.
Review in Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.
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50 citing papers in PubMed, 109 citations in OpenAlex.
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- AP-1B Controls Several Levels of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation in Mouse Enteroids.Biology of the cell · 2026Article
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- Integrated Multi-Omic Analysis Identifies Altered Colonic Brush Border Profile as a Key Feature of Microscopic Colitis.United European gastroenterology journal · 2026Article
- Short Ileal Microvillus Length Phenotype Associates with Progression from Inflammatory to Complicated Disease Behavior in Pediatric Crohn's Disease.Inflammatory bowel diseases · 2026Article
- Apical clathrin-coated pits control the location, timing, and scale of microvillar growth.Cell reports · 2025Article
- A multicellular star-shaped actin network underpins epithelial organization and connectivity.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Advances in Understanding Intestinal Homeostasis: Lessons from Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Monogenic Intestinal Disorder Pathogenesis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Peripheral gene dysregulation in Negr1-deficient mice: insights into possible links with affective behavior.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2025Article
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- Gastrointestinal Permeation Enhancers Beyond Sodium Caprate and SNAC - What is Coming Next?Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Review
- Transmembrane channel-like 4 and 5 proteins at microvillar tips are potential ion channels and lipid scramblases.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
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- Destruction of the brush border byFrontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Tff3 Deficiency Differentially Affects the Morphology of Male and Female Intestines in a Long-Term High-Fat-Diet-Fed Mouse Model.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Adhesion-based capture stabilizes nascent microvilli at epithelial cell junctions.Developmental cell · 2023Article
- The morphological and functional diversity of apical microvilli.Journal of anatomy · 2023Review
- Building the brush border, one microvillus at a time.Current opinion in cell biology · 2023Review
- SARS-CoV-2 replication in airway epithelia requires motile cilia and microvillar reprogramming.Cell · 2023Article
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Abstract
The brush border on the apical surface of enterocytes is a highly specialized structure well-adapted for efficient digestion and nutrient transport, whilst at the same time providing a protective barrier for the intestinal mucosa. The brush border is constituted of a densely ordered array of microvilli, protrusions of the plasma membrane, which are supported by actin-based microfilaments and interacting proteins and anchored in an apical network of actomyosin and intermediate filaments, the so-called terminal web. The highly dynamic, specialized apical domain is both an essential partner for the gut microbiota and an efficient signalling platform that enables adaptation to physiological stimuli from the external and internal milieu. Nevertheless, genetic alterations or various pathological stresses, such as infection, inflammation, and mechanical or nutritional alterations, can jeopardize this equilibrium and compromise intestinal functions. Long-time neglected, the intestinal brush-border shall be enlightening again as the central actor of the complex but essential intestinal homeostasis. Here, we review the processes and components involved in brush border organization and discuss pathological mechanisms that can induce brush border defects and their physiological consequences.
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