Six‐Pack Balancing Act: A Conceptual Model for the Intestinal Lining

The cells chat form the lining of the intestine belong to a class of cells termed ′polarized′ or ′asymmetric.′ The membranes surrounding these cells show functional differences at the luminal and contraluminal surfaces. The cells line up to form sheets and it is across these sheers that movement of fluids and solutes occurs. Such movement occurs in both directions across the lining and the occurrence of diarrhea or constipation depends to a …