Cross Section of a Mucus-Producing Colon Chip (IMAGE)

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard

Cross Section of a Mucus-Producing Colon Chip

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This immunofluorescence microscopic image of a cross section of the Colon Chip shows differentiated Goblet cells with mucus-containing granules (magenta), nuclei that are positioned close to the basal side attached to the porous membrane (cyan), lateral cell adhesion complexes (yellow), and an apical lumen-exposed brush border (gray).

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Wyss Institute at Harvard University

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