Experimental desquamation of intestinal epithelium for in vivo studies of regeneration.
Complete removal of villous as well as upper-crypt epithelium was achieved in vivo by vibration of an intestinal segment using tetraphenylboron sodium (TPB) as a disassociation agent.
D000818:Animals; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D007082:Ileum / Q000502:physiology*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D012038:Regeneration; D014732:Vibration