Communications Biology (Aug 2021)
The development and structure of the mesentery
- Kevin G. Byrnes,
- Dara Walsh,
- Leon G. Walsh,
- Domhnall M. Coffey,
- Muhammad F. Ullah,
- Rosa Mirapeix,
- Jill Hikspoors,
- Wouter Lamers,
- Yi Wu,
- Xiao-Qin Zhang,
- Shao-Xiang Zhang,
- Pieter Brama,
- Colum P. Dunne,
- Ian S. O’Brien,
- Colin B. Peirce,
- Martin J. Shelly,
- Tim G. Scanlon,
- Mary E. Luther,
- Hugh D. Brady,
- Peter Dockery,
- Kieran W. McDermott,
- J. Calvin Coffey
Affiliations
- Kevin G. Byrnes
- Department of Surgery, University of Limerick Hospitals Group
- Dara Walsh
- Department of Surgery, University of Limerick Hospitals Group
- Leon G. Walsh
- Department of Surgery, University of Limerick Hospitals Group
- Domhnall M. Coffey
- Department of Surgery, University of Limerick Hospitals Group
- Muhammad F. Ullah
- Department of Surgery, University of Limerick Hospitals Group
- Rosa Mirapeix
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- Jill Hikspoors
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Maastricht University
- Wouter Lamers
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Maastricht University
- Yi Wu
- Digital Medicine Department, Biomedical Engineering College, Third Military Medical University
- Xiao-Qin Zhang
- Digital Medicine Department, Biomedical Engineering College, Third Military Medical University
- Shao-Xiang Zhang
- Digital Medicine Department, Biomedical Engineering College, Third Military Medical University
- Pieter Brama
- School of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Science Centre
- Colum P. Dunne
- 4iCentre for Interventions in Infection, Inflammation and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Limerick
- Ian S. O’Brien
- Department of Anatomy, National University of Ireland Galway
- Colin B. Peirce
- Department of Surgery, University of Limerick Hospitals Group
- Martin J. Shelly
- Department of Radiology, University of Limerick Hospitals Group
- Tim G. Scanlon
- Department of Radiology, University of Limerick Hospitals Group
- Mary E. Luther
- Department of Surgery, University of Limerick Hospitals Group
- Hugh D. Brady
- Department of Surgery, University of Limerick Hospitals Group
- Peter Dockery
- Department of Anatomy, National University of Ireland Galway
- Kieran W. McDermott
- 4iCentre for Interventions in Infection, Inflammation and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Limerick
- J. Calvin Coffey
- Department of Surgery, University of Limerick Hospitals Group
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02496-1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 4,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Byrnes et al. reconstruct the developing mesentery from digitized embryonic datasets and human and animal cadavers using 3D digital and printed models. They confirm the mesentery remains a continuous organ in and on which all abdominal digestive organs develop and that at the foundation level, the abdomen comprises a mesenteric and non-mesenteric domain.
