Possible role of intestinal stem cells in the pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome

Figure 1 Schematic illustration of the enteroendocrine cells and their anatomic relation to the enteric nervous system. The enteroendocrine cells are scattered among the epithelial cells lining the intestinal lumen. They interact and intergrade with each other’s and with enteric nervous system. Reproduced from El-Salhy et al[54] by permission of the authors and the publisher.