Sentences with phrase «causing goblet cell»

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In goblet cell metaplasia, exposure to allergens such as pollen, mold and dust mites initiates a series of biochemical reactions that causes the cells that line the air passages of the lungs to change from their normal state into so - called «goblet cells,» which produce substantial amounts of excess mucus.

Infection with human rhinovirus, the most common cause of asthma exacerbation in adults and children, was restricted to ciliated cells and resulted in ciliated cell apical sloughing and goblet cell hyperplasia, replicating hallmarks of cytopathology observed in vivo.

It causes intestinal hyper - motility and extremely rapid gut transit time, with partially digested food reaching the large bowel and the associated overproduction of gelatinous mucus from goblet cells of the gut lining (an innate protective mechanism in the gut).