Gut epithelium muscles up against infection Date: April 12, 2021 Source: Uppsala University Summary: To maximize absorption of nutrients from the diet, the intestinal mucous membrane has a large ...

We believe that a genetically determined abnormality of corneal epithelial healing in an aniridia patient with a very mild atopic conjunctivitis led to pronounced mucous plaque formation.

A study of a mouse deficient in the gene Lypd8 showed that the Lypd8 protein prevents flagellated bacteria from invading the inner mucosal lining of colonic epithelium.

The mucous membrane of the œsophagus has longitudinal folds, and is lined with cylindrical epithelium interspersed with numerous goblet cells.

The COVID-19 virus spreads via mucus once inside an infected airway, allowing it to reach into the lower lungs, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications.

Airways with mucus plugs have thicker epithelium, basement membranes and smooth muscle than unplugged airways. These thicker features occur in patients with fatal and nonfatal asthma alike ...

Further immunofluorescence staining revealed that the intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) barrier was disrupted, suggesting that WD initiates colitis by disrupting the mucus and IEC barrier.

The mucin composition of mucus lining different surfaces depends on the functional requirements of each surface, also known as the epithelium.