Figure 1.

Overview of the types of interstitial cells of cajal in the gastrointestinal tract. (a-c): Schematic representations of ICC in the stomach (a), small intestine (b), and colon (c). ICC-MY (blue) are located between circular (CM) and longitudinal (LM) muscle layers. ICC-IM (red) and ICC-DMP (red) are located within circular and longitudinal muscles. ICC-SM (green) are located at the submucosal surface of the circular muscle layer in the colon. Redrawn from Satoshi Iino and Kazuhide Horiguchi, Acta Histochem Cytochem. 2006 December 28; 39(6): 145-153